Counselling Blog
Responsibility Pie: a tool for managing guilt and shame
In my previous blog, we looked at how guilt can be both constructive and destructive depending on whether it is linked to shame. People often confuse these two emotions and there can be a significant overlap in the way we experience them. However, they are also quite...
Moving beyond toxic guilt
“I can rarely bring myself to say ‘no’ even when I am feeling drained”. “Asking others for what I want makes me feel really uncomfortable. I don’t want to risk rocking the boat”. If these words sound like your own, it might be that you are struggling with toxic guilt.
