Before Forgiving: Cautionary Views of Forgiveness in Psychotherapy

by Sharon Lamb

Book Overview

For psychologists and psychotherapists, the notion of forgiveness has been enjoying a substantial vogue. For their patients, it holds the promise of "moving on" and healing emotional wounds. The forgiveness of others - and of one's self - would seem to offer the kind of peace that psychotherapy alone has never been able to provide. In this volume, psychologist Sharon Lamb and philosopher Jeffrie Murphy argue that forgiveness has been accepted as a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195145208
• ISBN13: 9780195145205
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.6"