Lynn Buess has received prior acknowledgement for his three innovative books about symbolism and psychotherapeutic methods for healing practitioners. With this fourth volume, he introduces new insights and deeply penetrative perspectives upon the issues of abuse, alcoholism, co-dependency, and the shame-based dysfunctional behaviors in today's society. Lynn displays an intriguing combination of expanded universal overview along with therapeutic insights acquired from over twenty years of practice. These merge dynamically herein to provide a deeply profound and simple grasp of the afflictions which are receiving national and international attention in our times. Hopefully, this volume will contribute to the demise of the deep and destructive behavior which occurs when people individually and collectively insist upon ignoring the shadow side of being human.