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Treatment of survivor guilt after trauma using imagery rescripting: a proof-of-concept study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2020
Abstract
Survivor guilt can arise after surviving a trauma in which others die. No studies have systematically investigated psychological treatment for survivor guilt. The present study was a proof-of-concept investigation of treatment of survivor guilt using imagery rescripting. Thirteen participants with post-traumatic stress disorder and self-reported survivor guilt attended two consecutive imagery therapy sessions, to first elaborate and then rescript related imagery. Significant improvements were observed on idiographic process measures of cognitons, emotions and distress related to survivor guilt following the rescripting session. The study provides preliminary evidence that imagery rescripting can be used as an experiential technique to treat survivor guilt.
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- © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2020
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Present address: Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, University of Oxford, The Old Rectory, Paradise Square, Oxford OX1 1TW, UK.
Present address: Traumatic Stress Clinic, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, 4th Floor, West Wing, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE, UK
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