Noticing in society a culmination of vengeful actions between nations and a simultaneous tendency to ask publicly for forgiveness made the author curious how these phenomena manifest themselves in long-term analytic group psychotherapy. Working through feelings of shame and guilt followed by mourning seems necessary in order to give up a need for revenge or come to acceptance and possible forgiveness. The group as a place to find emotional justice has been highlighted in a vignette.
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