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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Other Authors: Lamb, Sharon (-), Murphy, Jeffrie G.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press c2002.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798203906719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: Reasons to Be Cautious about the Use of Forgiveness in Psychotherapy; Part I. When Forgiving Doesn't Make Sense; 1. To Understand All Is to Forgive All-Or Is It?; Part II. Forgiveness in the Therapy Hour; 2. Forgiveness in Counseling: A Philosophical Perspective; 3. Forgiveness in Practice: What Mental Health Counselors Are Telling Us; 4. Forgiveness as Therapy; 5. Forgiveness in Counseling: Caution, Definition, and Application; 6. Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness in Psychotherapy; 7. Forgoing Forgiveness
  • Part III. Culture and Context in Forgiveness8. Women, Abuse, and Forgiveness: A Special Case; 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Psychoanalytic and Cultural Perspectives on Forgiveness; 10. Forgiveness after Genocide? Perspectives from Bosnian Youth; Part IV. Perpetrators and Forgiveness; 11. Forgiveness and Effective Agency; 12. Earning Forgiveness: The Story of a Perpetrator, Katherine Ann Power; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z