Therapeutic work focused on understanding, experiencing, and resolving guilt feelings in healthy ways that promote growth rather than self-punishment or avoidance.
Example: Helping clients distinguish between appropriate guilt that motivates positive change and toxic guilt that leads to self-condemnation and depression.
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