All details have been altered to preserve confidentiality. The guilt, as it turns out, started with a comment she made to her husband that she has always considered to be damaging to the relationship. She has maintained a distance from him ever since, and her husband reports that he's not felt loved since the original incident occurred. They ve never really discussed the incident, but IT has been between them ever since. This event has colored every part of Helen's life and has been expensive to both her marriage and professional career.
Guilt is expensive, very expensive, and costs both personally and in the workplace.
She said that, although her patients received great benefits from their work with her, she realized that she could have been more effective in her career if she hadn't lived every moment under this cloud of guilt. Her SUDS level was a nine when we started. All such rounds brought her SUDS level to 0. During our walk, she reported that the guilt had simply faded and that she'd never felt so energized by any process. I was also aware that there we were, walking in the street, and I was tapping all over this nice lady.