By demonstrating how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven this self-help book benefits people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment.

Acknowledgments

I. Forgiveness is a Choice

1. Forgiveness: A Path to Freedom
2. What Forgiveness Is…and What It Is Not
3. Why Forgive…and the Consequences of Not Forgiving

II. The Process of Forgiveness

1. A Map and Tools for Your Journey
2. Acknowledging Your Anger
3. Confronting the Depth of Your Anger
4. Committing to Forgive
5. Gaining Perspectives
6. Building Positive Feelings, Thoughts and Behaviors
7. Experiencing Discovery and Release From Emotional Prison
8. Saying "I Forgive You"

III. Going Deeper

1. More Questions to Help You Forgive
2. Helping Clients Forgive
3. Wanting to Be Forgiven
4. Reconciling

References

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