@article{ART001822430},
author={Gu-Hwa Hong Yi},
title={What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2013},
volume={21},
pages={352-372},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352}
TY - JOUR
AU - Gu-Hwa Hong Yi
TI - What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2013
VL - 21
IS - null
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 352
EP - 372
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Forgiveness is a religious coping method that primarily benefits the injured person through transformation of emotions, cognitions, and behaviors toward the offender. The offense can be caused by self, others, God, or situation. Forgiveness is a process that leads to lessening the feelings of unforgiveness and the increase of positive regard for the offender. My clinical experiences along with research findings suggest some elements that facilitate forgiveness in therapy. As for therapists, forgiveness issues tend to be effectively dealt with by a therapist who is open to assess and work with a client’s religious belief systems. Also, when clients have built trusting relationships with their therapists through enough number of sessions and exclusively talk about forgiveness in therapy, forgiveness issues are effectively dealt with in therapy. Using effective forgiveness interventions in therapy is also important to bring forgiveness, which in turn yields improved clinical outcomes. Core elements in effective forgiveness interventions include defining the forgiveness, recalling the hurt, building empathy, acknowledging own offenses, committing forgiveness, and overcoming unforgiveness. When a therapist employs effective interventions with sensitivity to each client’s situation, forgiveness therapy can help clients improve their clinical symptoms as well as grow and mature in the midst of their sufferings.
KW - forgiveness;therapy;elements that promote forgiveness in therapy;therapeutic outcomes of forgiveness;a religious coping method
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
ER -
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. (2013). What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 21, 352-372.
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. 2013, "What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.21, pp.352-372. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi "What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 21 pp.352-372 (2013) : 352.
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases. 2013; 21 352-372. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. "What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 21(2013) : 352-372.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 21, 352-372. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2013; 21 352-372. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases. 2013; 21 352-372. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352
Gu-Hwa Hong Yi. "What Brings Forgiveness: Reflections on Three Cases" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 21(2013) : 352-372.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..352