There is no simple way out of shame.
But perhaps it begins here: not with the demand to reveal oneself, but with the encounter with a room that can tolerate the fact that a person still needs to hide.
The person who remains standing in the hallway has already come a long way.
The first response should therefore not be to pull her inside.
It should be to make it possible for her to discover that the door remains open—and that she herself may decide when to cross the threshold.
Practical Philosophy 