title: The centrality of guilt: working with ultra-orthodox Jewish patients in Israel.
abstract: The ultra-orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community in Israel is characterized by strict observance of the requirements of orthodox Jewish life. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy within this community brings us into contact with guilt as a central emotion throughout the therapeutic process. The exposure to new concepts, ways of thought and a previously unknown space, together with increased awareness of internal wishes and drives, are experienced as forbidden areas that arouse an awakening of conscience and a sense of guilt. The author's cases illustrate these conflicts.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D007599:Judaism / Q000523:psychology*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy