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Disentangling Guilt from Regret Date: 09/05/22
Time: 45 minutes 13 secs
Windy: So what’s your understanding of the purpose of our
conversation this afternoon?
Janet: So I attended the workshop you did a couple of weeks
ago on the single session for the treatment of regret.
And, as I understand it, you’re in the process of writing
a book and you would like material to use within the
book as an example, as case studies.
Windy: Transcripts of the sessions, yeah, for people who are
struggling with regret. Is that you?
Janet: Isn’t that everyone?
Windy: Édith Piaf? No.
Janet: True, yeah.
Windy: So why don’t you tell me what your struggle is at the
moment?
Janet: OK. So ... [pause] since agreeing to it obviously I’ve
thought a lot about it, and I thought which one of my
many regrets, things that I regret. And then I thought
about the future. It’s even about doing things now to
avoid regret in the future. But, anyway, the thing I
thought about I’d like to talk about most is regret at
divorcing my ex-husband many, many years and, as
time’s gone on, the regret is greater, I think.