Provide Online Therapy to  St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Ponte Vedra and the state of Florida.

of all the emotions we can feel as humans guilt is the most useless and destructive. It is one thing to make a mistake, take responsibility, learn from it and release the guilt. It is quite another to go on hating and tormenting yourself for something that's already in the past. Aside for hurting yourself with resultant depression, it tends to create someone with then limited ability to then serve and help others. In some sense our choices when mistakes occur is either self hatred or compassion. it must also
be considered asking where compassion for others is supposed to originate, only within the self. If we are self hating and self compassion is not there, compassion for others is limited at best to a very superficial basis.
My work with clients is very much geared toward learning compassion for oneself and ultimately to forgive oneself. I have found that many depressed people carry around much in the way of unresolved guilt feelings .,. Forgiveness we must remember can be a slow and gradual process and the guilt we feel maybe linked to earlier guilt experiences that are unhealed. if the process of forgiveness is done well it is done with the intention to no longer want to hurt and punish ourselves but one with the idea of giving ourselves the gift of understanding, compassion, and unconditional love. This is indeed a process, and I am dedicated to helping anyone with a sincere wish to get out of their prison of past guilt and into the warm sun of true forgiveness and healthy self love.