Helping clients heal: Does forgiveness make a difference?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-641

  Wade, Nathaniel G ^a,c   Bailey, Donna C ^a,b   Shaffer, Philip ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Counseling Psychology ^*

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling effectiveness; Forgiveness in therapy; Predictors of forgiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344467232     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.6.634     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Berry, J. W., Worthington, E. L., O'Connor, L. E., Parrott, L., III, & Wade, N. G. (2005). Forgivingness, vengeful rumination, and affective traits. Journal of Personality, 73, 183-225.
2. Coyle, C. T., & Enright, R. D. (1997). Forgiveness intervention with postabortion men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 1042-1046.
3. Denton, R. T., & Martin, M. W. (1998). Defining forgiveness: An empirical exploration of process and role. American Journal of Family Therapy, 26, 281-292.
4. DiBlasio, F. A., & Proctor, J. H. (1993). Therapists and the clinical use of forgiveness. American Journal of Family Therapy, 21, 175-184.
5. Enright, R. D. (2001). Forgiveness is a choice: A step-by-step process for resolving anger and restoring hope. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
6. Enright, R. D., Eastin, D. L., & Golden, S. (1992). Interpersonal forgiveness within the helping professions: An attempt to resolve differences of opinion. Counseling and Values, 36, 84-103.
7. Ferch, S. R. (1998). Intentional forgiving as a counseling intervention. Journal of Counseling and Development, 76, 261-270.
8. Fitzgibbons, R. P. (1986). The cognitive and emotive uses of forgiveness in the treatment of anger. Psychotherapy, 23, 629-633.
9. Freedman, S. R., & Enright, R. D. (1996). Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 983-992.
10. Holmgren, M. R. (2002). Forgiveness and self-forgiveness in therapy. In S. Lamb & J. G. Murphy (Eds.), Before forgiving: Cautionary views on forgiveness in psychotherapy (pp. 112-135). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
11. Konstam, V., Marx, F., Schurer, J., Harrington, A., Lombardo, N. E., & Deveney, S. (2000). Forgiving: What mental health counselors are telling us. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 22, 253-267.
12. Lamb, S. (2002). Women, abuse, and forgiveness: A special case. In S. Lamb & J. G. Murphy (Eds.), Before forgiving: Cautionary views on forgiveness in psychotherapy (pp. 155-171). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
13. Lamb, S., & Murphy, J. G. (2002). Before forgiving: Cautionary views on forgiveness in psychotherapy. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
14. Luskin, F. (2001). Forgive for good: A proven prescription for health and happiness. San Francisco: HarperCollins.
15. McCullough, M. E., Rachal, K. C., Sandage, S. J., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Brown, S. W., & Hight, T. L. (1998). Interpersonal forgiveness in close relationships. II. Theoretical elaboration and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1586-1603.
16. Payne, I. R., Bergin, A. E., & Loftus, P. E. (1992). A review of attempts to integrate spiritual and standard psychotherapy techniques. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2, 171-192.
17. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
18. Richards, P. S., & Bergin, A. E. (1997). A spiritual strategy for counseling and psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
19. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
20. Sloane, R. B., Staples, F. R., Cristol, A. H., Yorkston, N. J., & Whipple, K. (1975). Psychotherapy versus behavior therapy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
21. Wade, N. G., & Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2003). Overcoming interpersonal offenses: Is forgiveness the only way to deal with unforgiveness? Journal of Counseling and Development, 81, 343-353.
22. Wade, N. G., & Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2005). In search of a common core: A content analysis of interventions to promote forgiveness. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 42, 160-177.
23. Wade, N. G., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Haake, S. (2005). Promoting forgiveness: Comparison of explicit forgiveness interventions with an alternative treatment. Manuscript submitted for publication.
24. Wade, N. G., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Meyer, J. E. (2005). But do they work?: A meta-analysis of group interventions to promote forgiveness. In E. L. Worthington, Jr. (Ed.), Handbook of forgiveness (pp. 423-440). New York: Brunner-Routledge.
25. Worthington, E. L., Jr. (2001). Five steps to forgiveness: The art and science of forgiving. New York: Crown House Publishing.
26. Worthington, E. L., Jr., & DiBlasio, F. A. (1990). Promoting mutual forgiveness within the fractured relationship. Psychotherapy, 27, 219-223.
27. Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Drinkard, D. T. (2000). Promoting reconciliation through psychoeducational and therapeutic interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26, 93-101.
28. Worthington, E. L., Jr., & Wade, N. G. (1999). The social psychology of unforgiveness and forgiveness and implications for clinical practice. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 358-415.
29. Worthington, E. L., Jr., Wade, N. G., Hight, T. L., Ripley, J. S., McCullough, M. E., Berry, J. W., et al. (2003). The Religious Commitment Inventory - 10: Development, refinement, and validation of a brief measure for research and counseling. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 84-96.
30. Wylie, R. C. (1989). Measures of self-concept. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.