Feelings of Guilt

Feelings of Guilt

Emotional work in psychotherapy

Coping with maladaptive guilt
Maladaptive feelings of guilt – i.e. feelings of guilt which have no relation to any justified feelings of guilt – often occur in the context of mental illnesses. They can be linked to a fragile sense of self-esteem or represent an excessive demand for forgiveness. The experience of guilt and the resulting feelings of guilt are complex processes. Ines Riessen shows in a practical and pragmatic way how therapists can deal constructively with their patients' feelings of guilt.
• case studies and therapy dialogues
• Incl. interventions for supervision
• transdiagnostic approaches
• the background on guilt as an emotion and its treatment in psychotherapy
• a range of interventions for different types of guilt