Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy

Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy

The goal of this project is to determine if a 6-session psychotherapy intervention will help Veterans feel less deployment-related guilt and less distress related to their guilt. Half of the participants will receive the guilt focused intervention and half will receive a supportive intervention. A supplemental pilot study added in FY2021 will examine the intervention for pandemic-related guilt events.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant Served in OEF/OIF/OND, has post-traumatic guilt related to deployment event (for pandemic supplement in 2021, has guilt related to pandemic event)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Moderate or severe cognitive impairment, acute suicidality, current severe substance use disorder, unmanaged psychosis or mania