The Secret that Guilty Confessions Fail to Disclose

Carl Goldberg, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 56, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.2.178

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In my work with destructive clients, I have found suspect the notion that our deepest fear is that we are malevolent. By use of intuitive insights about the nature of confession in the writings of three literary psychologists—Edgar Allan Poe, Leo Tolstoy, and Fyodor Dostoevsky—and from clinical evidence in a case study of a client who confessed to a crime, I seek to show the actual psychodynamics at work in the confession of a crime.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 56 • Number 2 • 2002, pp. 149–298

Pages: 178 - 193

PubMed: 12125296

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Published in print: 2002, pp. 149–298

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Carl Goldberg, Ph.D.

Editor-for-the-Americas, International Journal of Psychotherapy.

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The Secret that Guilty Confessions Fail to Disclose

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