Sense of Guilt. The Prospect of a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist

Abstract

The author presents his reflections on the issue of guilt in psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice. According to the author, in pastoral practice and in psychotherapy for many years there has been a strong tendency to psychiatric or theological reductionism as well as rivalry and mutual invalidation between pastors and psychiatrists and psychotherapists. At the turn of the century there was a tendency for the mutual recognition of their competence and willingness to cooperate. The possibility of describing the problems of the patient / penitent from a psychological perspective onthe one hand and from the ethical perspective on the other hand lets us to avoid conflict of competence for the benefit of people seeking psychiatric-psychotherapeutic and / or spiritual help.