
Forgiveness Is a Choice
A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
Robert D. Enright(Author)
American Psychological Association (Publisher)
Published on 15. September 2001
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Hardback
299 pages
978-1-55798-757-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Forgiveness Is a Choice is a self-help book for people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment.
As a creator of the first scientifically proven forgiveness program in the country, Robert D. Enright shows how forgiveness can reduce anxiety and depression while increasing self-esteem and hopefulness toward one's future.
This groundbreaking work demonstrates how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven. Filled with wisdom and warm encouragement, the book leads the reader on a path that will bring clarity and peace.
Enright is careful to distinguish forgiveness from amp quot pseudoforgiveness amp quot and to reassure readers that forgiveness does not mean accepting continued abuse or even reconciling with the offender. Rather, by giving the gift of forgiveness, readers are encouraged to confront and let go of their pain in order to regain their lives.
As a creator of the first scientifically proven forgiveness program in the country, Robert D. Enright shows how forgiveness can reduce anxiety and depression while increasing self-esteem and hopefulness toward one's future.
This groundbreaking work demonstrates how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven. Filled with wisdom and warm encouragement, the book leads the reader on a path that will bring clarity and peace.
Enright is careful to distinguish forgiveness from amp quot pseudoforgiveness amp quot and to reassure readers that forgiveness does not mean accepting continued abuse or even reconciling with the offender. Rather, by giving the gift of forgiveness, readers are encouraged to confront and let go of their pain in order to regain their lives.
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Robert Enright is 'the forgiveness trailblazer'. (Time Magazine)More details
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English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55798-757-0 (9781557987570)
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Robert D. Enright, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin amp ndash Madison. He has been a leader in the scientific study of forgiveness and its effects since 985. Time magazine referred to him as amp quot the forgiveness trailblazer. amp quot He is the author of more than publications, including five books. In 2 22, he received the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology for his innovative work in forgiveness.
He and his colleagues have developed and tested a pathway to forgiveness that has helped incest survivors, and people in drug rehabilitation, in hospice, in shelters for abused women, and in cardiac units of hospitals, among others. His recent work has been in schools within conflict regions, such as Belfast, Northern Ireland, assisting teachers to deliver forgiveness programs to students.
He and his colleagues have developed and tested a pathway to forgiveness that has helped incest survivors, and people in drug rehabilitation, in hospice, in shelters for abused women, and in cardiac units of hospitals, among others. His recent work has been in schools within conflict regions, such as Belfast, Northern Ireland, assisting teachers to deliver forgiveness programs to students.
Content
Acknowledgments
I. Forgiveness is a Choice
Forgiveness: A Path to Freedom
What Forgiveness Is amp hellip and What It Is Not
Why Forgive amp hellip and the Consequences of Not Forgiving
II. The Process of Forgiveness
A Map and Tools for Your Journey
Acknowledging Your Anger
Confronting the Depth of Your Anger
Committing to Forgive
Gaining Perspectives
Building Positive Feelings, Thoughts and Behaviors
Experiencing Discovery and Release From Emotional Prison
Saying amp quot I Forgive You amp quot
III. Going Deeper
More Questions to Help You Forgive
Helping Clients Forgive
Wanting to Be Forgiven
Reconciling
References
Index
I. Forgiveness is a Choice
Forgiveness: A Path to Freedom
What Forgiveness Is amp hellip and What It Is Not
Why Forgive amp hellip and the Consequences of Not Forgiving
II. The Process of Forgiveness
A Map and Tools for Your Journey
Acknowledging Your Anger
Confronting the Depth of Your Anger
Committing to Forgive
Gaining Perspectives
Building Positive Feelings, Thoughts and Behaviors
Experiencing Discovery and Release From Emotional Prison
Saying amp quot I Forgive You amp quot
III. Going Deeper
More Questions to Help You Forgive
Helping Clients Forgive
Wanting to Be Forgiven
Reconciling
References
Index