Citation

Shapiro D. Psychiatry 2006; 69(1): 21-25.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/psyc.2006.69.1.21

PMID

16704330

Abstract

A confusion exists between the aims of psychotherapy of diminishing self-reproach, on the one hand, and increasing the experience of personal responsibility, on the other. In order to clarify this problem a distinction is made between moral responsibility, central to self-reproach, and psychological responsibility or agency. Self-reproach is shown to be inimical to the experience of psychological responsibility, with reference to psychotherapy of a case of severe obsessive self-reproach.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Attitude; Depression, Postpartum; Ego; Female; Guilt; Humans; Psychology; Psychotherapy; Social Responsibility; Suicide, Attempted