Enhance your practice with this psychoanalytic exploration of guilt for New Zealand psychologists. Unpack conscious & unconscious guilt, persecutory & reparative guilt, and the critical superego. This talk offers vital insights into induced guilt and therapeutic pathways for emotional repair and freedom.
This talk explores the complex nature of guilt through a contemporary psychoanalytic lens, examining both conscious & unconscious guilt & how these shape human behaviour, relationships & emotional wellbeing. Participants will be introduced to key distinctions including persecutory & reparative guilt, as well as the role of the superego as an internal critic that can drive self-punishment, suffering & self-sabotage.
The talk also considers how guilt can be justified or unjustified, how it may be induced in early relationships, & how individuals can become stuck in cycles of suffering due to unresolved unconscious processes. A focus will be placed on the movement toward reparation, responsibility & conscience, highlighting pathways toward growth, emotional repair & greater psychological freedom.
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By the end of this talk, participants will be able to: