Forgiveness and the Healing Process: A Central Therapeutic Concern

Does forgiveness help? Many people come for help because they remain stuck in a destructive relationship, job or legal battle, or with painful memories of child abuse. But does it necessarily help to forgive? Forgiveness and the Healing Process debates these issues from different perspectives - Christian and agnostic. Experienced contributors cover: the place of forgiveness in working with individuals and couples; the benefits of mediation as a way forward both for individuals within an organisation and also within the criminal justice system; the key place of forgiveness in the political context of post-apartheid South Africa. a client's view of seeking forgiveness. Forgiveness and the Healing Process helps psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, mediators, psychiatrists, and those working in the criminal justice system understand where forgiveness can facilitate the therapeutic process.