Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Envy

Envy is a ubiquitous social emotion often associated with depression, hostility and shame. Often confused with jealousy which involves the fear or anger that a primary relationship is threatened by a third party, envy is an emotion focused on threats to status such that another person’s “gain” is vi...

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Published inCognitive therapy and research Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 418 - 427
Main Author Leahy, Robert L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Anxiety
Behavior modification
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive ability
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive therapy
Emotions
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Review
Self esteem
Success
Emotional schema therapy
Case conceptualization
Cognitive therapy
Beck
Depression
Anxiety
Envy
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Summary:Envy is a ubiquitous social emotion often associated with depression, hostility and shame. Often confused with jealousy which involves the fear or anger that a primary relationship is threatened by a third party, envy is an emotion focused on threats to status such that another person’s “gain” is viewed as a “loss” for the self. There is very little in the cognitive behavioral literature on the nature and treatment of envy. In this article I outline the research on the nature of envy, the evolutionary model of envy, the relevance of an integrative CBT model that draws on Beck’s Generic Cognitive Model and Emotional Schema Therapy, and the implications for case conceptualization and treatment.
ISSN:0147-5916
1573-2819
DOI:10.1007/s10608-020-10135-y