Psycho-education Program BLAME-LESS and It's Effect on Traumarelated Shame and Guilt

Inclusion Criteria: * the participant experienced one or more traumatic life events, including (sexual) violence as indicated by the CTSQ; * the participant reported one or more feelings of guilt and/or shame on the CERQ (items 1 and/or 10 and/or 19 and/or 28) * the participant being fluent in written and spoken Dutch; * the participant is motivated and available for a period of seven weeks to engage in the study, including the psychoeducation program BLAME-LESS, and commit to the assessments. Exclusion Criteria: * acute suicidal behavior or suicidal ideations requiring immediate hospitalization; * the participant has already read the book that this program is based upon: "Paralyzed with Fear" (In Dutch: Verlamd van Angst, van Minnen 2017), or has been intensively informed otherwise in the past 12 months by a psychologist about common defense responses during and after trauma; * Cognitive Impairments (IQ \< 70); * the participant has a brother or sister in the present study; * the participant is already involved in trauma-focused treatment.