Forgiveness therapy: An overview.

It has been said before that “No one forgives with more grace and love than a child”. And also no one can compete the child with his outstanding memory which can’t forget deep injuries during childhood, especially when these multiple abuses come from his/her parents and other relatives. Being physically abused, emotionally abused, and neglected from her biological parents and sexually abused from one of her relatives, this 25 years old female, who is a student in the university, suffers from severe depression and very low level of self-esteem. The current research aims at decreasing the client’s depression and improving her self-esteem through case study techniques, assessing her needs, fears, deep feelings and behavior using a variety of methods, including projective tests, life history, interviews and direct observation of her behavior. The researcher will attempt to help this female using the techniques of the “Forgiveness Therapy” which is described by a number of clinicians and researchers as a promising approach to anger-reduction, depression healing and the restoration of general emotional and mental health. Key words: Forgiveness Therapy, depression, self-esteem, child abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, childhood, case study, clinical psychology.

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The Development of Forgiveness

The Oxford Handbook of Moral Development ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676049.013.22 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 401-418

Author(s):

Robert D. Enright ◽

Jacqueline Y. Song

Keyword(s):

Necessary Conditions ◽

Practical Application ◽

Important Work ◽

Future Directions ◽

Developmental Progression ◽

Forgiveness Education ◽

Cognitive Work ◽

Adolescents And Adults ◽

Forgiveness Therapy ◽

Definition Of

The psychology of forgiveness originated from the creative and important work on the development of justice initiated by Piaget in 1932 and extended by Kohlberg in 1969. The scientific study of forgiveness is quite new, having emerged in print in 1989, with an examination of the developmental progression in children’s, adolescents’, and adults’ thinking about the necessary conditions for them to offer forgiveness to another person. In this chapter, the authors first review the definition of forgiveness, followed by this early cognitive work. They then turn to a discussion of the measurement of forgiveness correlates of forgiveness. The practical application of this construct is seen in the development of forgiveness therapy and forgiveness education, which the authors discuss in light of the empirical findings. Future directions for forgiveness studies are considered.

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4.2 Forgiveness therapy to treat embitterment: a review of relevant research

Embitterment ◽

10.1007/978-3-211-99741-3_16 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 197-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nathaniel G. Wade ◽

Brian C. Post ◽

Marilyn A. Cornish

Keyword(s):

Relevant Research ◽

Forgiveness Therapy

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FORGIVENESS THERAPY FOR SALEMBA PENITENTIARY INMATES

ICCD ◽

10.33068/iccd.vol2.iss1.216 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 226-229

Author(s):

Hifizah Nur

Keyword(s):

Prison Inmates ◽

Judicial Process ◽

Important Thing ◽

Forgiveness Therapy

Forgiveness is defined as "motivation to reduce the desire to avoid and take revenge on someone who has hurt or offended him or her, and to increase the meeting between two parties to solve a problem if it is considered safe, wise, or possible to do" (Worthington et al., 2000 : 229). Salemba Prison inmates are prisoners or Penitentiary Guards, or they can be still in the judicial process and has not been found guilty or not by the judge. They are serving a sentence for a crime they have committed. From the data in various media, a person commits a crime caused by various things, one of which is because of revenge. This revenge comes from anger that is fostered continuously and encouraged someone to do violence. Therefore, a positive effort is needed to be able to lead this anger and revenge, become units of behavior through the process of forgiveness. Therefore, forgiveness therapy psycho-education is an important thing that needs to be done to Salemba prison prisoners.

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