I know all about shame in therapy. It's what makes me shut down more than anything else. I feel a lot of shame over much of what I have gone through, and my T and I have started discussing it and why I feel so much of it. I was also shamed a lot as a child, especially for how I felt and reacted to things. So I feel a lot of shame when I try to tell her about some of the things I have gone through and my feelings and reactions to them.

I don't really have a good suggestion for how to overcome it except to bring it up and tell him/her why you think you feel this way.