Love Can't Oppress. How to Deal with Uncomfortable Emotions

Love can't oppress — how to place a comma in the right place when facing strong emotions and another attack
of the inner critic?
If you feel shame, you can shame yourself, if you feel guilt, you can take it all upon... yourself without judgment or trial, if you're scared, you can be even more frightened, and if anger rises, it's important to hold it and redirect it towards yourself.
Reproaches, nitpicking, insecurity, doubts, and anxiety — are faithful and eternal companions of self-attack.
In the book "Love Can't Oppress", gestalt therapist Anna Ivanyutenko explores the phenomenon of this way of interacting with oneself, uncovers its origins in childhood and consequences in adulthood, and suggests not to reject the inner critic, but to make peace with it, replacing self-aggression with a more compassionate attitude toward oneself.
In the book, you will find not only detailed descriptions of the mentioned phenomena and life examples-illustrations but also more than sixty psychological exercises-practices aimed at transforming the inner critic into an assistant, and aggression – into creative energy.