Before forgiving cautionary views of forgiveness in psychotherapy
For psychologists and psychotherapists, the notion of forgiveness has been enjoying a substantial vogue. For their patients, it holds the promise of ""moving on"" and healing emotional wounds. The forgiveness of others - and of one's self - would seem to offer the kind of pe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
c2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798203906719 |
| Summary: | For psychologists and psychotherapists, the notion of forgiveness has been enjoying a substantial vogue. For their patients, it holds the promise of ""moving on"" and healing emotional wounds. The forgiveness of others - and of one's self - would seem to offer the kind of peace that psychotherapy alone has never been able to provide. In this volume, psychologist Sharon Lamb and philosopher Jeffrie Murphy argue that forgiveness has been accepted as a therapeutic strategy without serious, critical examination. They intend this volume to be a closer, critical look at some of these questions: why |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195349252 9781429400435 9781280531804 |
