Families and Forgiveness

Families and Forgiveness, Second Edition gives the therapist a working knowledge of the importance of love and trustworthiness, skills to adequately assess hurt and pain in a family, and different techniques and conceptualizations to help family members move to make progress in restoring function to broken identities and senses of safety. The authors consistently demonstrate that the work of forgiveness?in any form?is possible with every family member and improves the intergenerational health of the family. In this new edition, a reorganized structure efficiently brings the therapeutic focus on love and trustworthiness, and revised case studies and updated interventions provide mental health professionals with practical methods to treat troubled families.

"We all come from families or have our own; Terry and Nicole remind us all families need forgiveness to survive and thrive. With rich insights and personal honesty, Terry and Nicole call out the best of each of us in our families, tell the truth about the pain of disconnection and abuse, and show us the steps necessary to restore our love and trust. Drawing on clinical research and learned experience, they offer a clear model of how to apply the riches of forgiveness to our own and others' stories. This is a must read for all of us who care about those we love."?Heather Wright, PhD, executive director, Greenwich Center for Hope and Renewal; Presbyterian minister; licensed professional counselor and board certified chaplain; author, Redeeming Eve, Small Group Leadership as Spiritual Direction; co-author, Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life's Challenges for Positive Change 

?In this valuable resource, the authors bring tried and true suggestions that assist clients in forgiving those who have harmed them in relationships and desire peace. Through personal stories and explanations, the book provides its readers an easy to follow dialogue that promotes integrity in our clients. Those who read this book may find themselves reviewing their own relationships and gaining new insight for resolution.??Linda Metcalf, PhD, past president, AAMFT; professor of education, director, Graduate Counseling Programs, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX

"The book consistently and successfully demonstartes the framework of forgiveness from the clinical perspective of a therapist. Forgiveness taken out of the religious and spiritual context and placed purely within the paradigm of psychology as part of the process of restoring relationships between victim and victimiser is the scope of this book." - Tulimelli Srinivasa Rao, Leuven