Before forgiving : cautionary views of forgiveness in psychotherapy / edited by Sharon Lamb, Jeffrie G. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamb, Sharon.

Murphy, Jeffrie G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-534925-3

1-4294-0043-9

1-280-53180-0

OCLC:

191924382