PTED Wisdom Therapy

Wisdom Therapy

In order to remedy an embitterment disorder, Linden and others suggest what is called Wisdom Therapy (or Salutotherapy). It involves many concepts that should be suited to help people with PTED disorder.

The Wisdom Therapy invites a person to rethink the events (re-framing) and put them in a larger context since this is the best way to solve ‘unsolvable’ problems. The methods are as follows:

Viewing the world

·       It is good to understand that there are general and specific facts and problems in our world that may be solved by certain methods and that a wrong approach will not help

·       It should be acknowledged that life is always embedded in a mesh of circumstances and external influences. Life is ‘uncertain’ by default

·       It is helpful to understand that people of different cultures and belief systems hold true to different values and norms and that each person should be assessed in regard to their own value system.

Viewing other people

·       It is good if a person has the ability to view a problem from a different perspective.

·       A person should learn to understand someone else’s emotions. 

Viewing oneself

·       One should never regard one’s own values and opinions as being overly important in comparison with worldwide problems and challenges.

·       A person should accept that the world does not turn around themselves and should learn to reflect how other people think about one’s value system.

·       An embittered person should learn to accept that their assessment about themselves and others might be wrong or could be questionable

Viewing one’s own emotions and self-regulation

·       Own feelings should be recognized and accepted.

·       A person should learn how to manage emotions and adjust them according to a given or anticipated situation.

·       It may also be beneficial if a person is humorous regarding their own difficulties in life.

Viewing the future

·       A person should know and accept that the conductance of life is woven into unavoidable uncertainty

·       A person should also understand that every action has mid- and long-term consequences (which may be in conflict with each other).




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