GUILT: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Part 1, Theory
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Release Date: 04/17/2026
GUILT: Part 2, Conscientious Critique of the Superego
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
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GUILT: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Part 1, Theory
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Guilt evasion. Types of guilt. Conscious/unconscious, Persecutory/reparative, Justified/unjustified, Survivor or success guilt, Collective guilt, etc.
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Corrections Two kinds of psychopathy two kinds of depression two kinds of shame.
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Just as Klein and Grinberg distinguished two kinds of guilt, J. Rejd Meloy distinguished two kinds of pstychopathy,, primary and secondary; amd Sidney J. Blatt distinguished introjective and anaclitic depression; so we need to distinguish persecutory and reparative shame.
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Charm and Alarm
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
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Superego, Conscience and the Narcissism of our Times
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Dr Carveth begins by describing the difference between the narcissistically based superego from the object-oriented conscience. He sees the former as culturally derived and the latter as biologically given. We discuss how in the clinical situation persecutory guilt, i.e., superego, may often be emphasized to defend against the vulnerabilities associated with loving and being loved. We consider the use and overuse of the concept of trauma in contrast to intrapsychic conflict, and he distinguishes between empathy and sympathy. He shares his view that the edges of our political parties are imbued...
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Shame, Guilt, and Ruminations
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Dr. Carveth discusses the differences between guilt that reflects concern for the other and alternatively self-abuse that serves narcissistic purposes. The former relates to Klein’s depressive/reparative stage, labeled ‘conscience’ by Carveth, and the latter derives from the paranoid/schizoid position, labeled ‘superego’. We review varying technical approaches to each of these clinical presentations and note that the countertransference provides vital guidance in understanding the state of the analysand’s mind. We close by considering how the capacity to bear guilt may be a measure...
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On Narcissism
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Freud, Lacan, Mead and Christianity on narcissism.
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Is Psychoanalysis a path to salvation?
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
Carveth/Lusensky: Is Psychoanalysis a Path to Salvation? A Freudian and a Jungian dialogue about psychoanalysis and Christianity
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Jesus Was The First Psychoanalyst
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
In this episode, Dr Carveth speaks with Jakob Lusensky on the Psychology & The Cross podcast. Don and Jakob discuss Don converted from Jung to Freud, his writing on the importance of differentiating conscience from the superego, and what we can learn from Jesus and the bible about psychoanalysis. See the full show notes on the Psychology & The Cross website: Subscribe to Psychology & The Cross YouTube channel for video versions of the podcast: Dr Carveth works with Aodhán Moran to produce this podcast. If you'd like to inquire about Aodhán's services, . ...
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Splitting
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
In this episode, Dr Carveth discusses splitting. Don goes on to discuss a problem in Kleinian theory of development, and how Klein attributes the capacity to split of infants under six months of age. That said, splitting is a complex cognitive capacity to abstract and generalize that can only arise with symbolization, sometime in the second year of life. This is not a problem for the Kleinian theory of the mind of older children, adolescents and adults, but only for its theory of infant development. Dr Carveth works with Aodhán Moran to produce this podcast. If you'd like to inquire...
info_outlineGuilt evasion. Types of guilt. Conscious/unconscious, Persecutory/reparative, Justified/unjustified, Survivor or success guilt, Collective guilt, etc.