Schuld in der psychotherapeutischen Beziehung

The notion of guilt is highlighted as an anthropological factor and contrasted against the guilt feeling in depth psychology: on the one hand in reference to the philosophy of Heidegger and Sartre, on the other hand by means of a short and general relational analysis that leads to the notion of encounter guilt. In the special field of medical or psychotherapeutical encounter it tries to show different types and effects of subtile mutual guilt in the doctor-client relationship. It eventually deals with the problem of actual guilt in psychotherapy.