The use of a decision‐based forgiveness intervention within intergenerational family therapy

Abstract

The intervention presented here links intergenerational theory and therapy with a step-by-step forgiveness strategy. Forgiveness is defined from a cognitive perspective so that it can be applied within a family-of-origin session. In practice, the forgiveness strategy has been effective in breaking dysfunctional patterns from the past that have been carried into the new family. Long-term effects of forgiveness are analysed through a case study that includes a six-year follow-up of a family-of-origin forgiveness intervention.

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“…Research has shown that clinicians beyond mid-life adopted a more favourable attitude towards forgiveness, had a more developed technique to implement forgiveness, were more open to religious issues, and were more likely to associate anger and depression with the need to forgive (Diblasio, 1998).…”

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