Enright and Fitzgibbons present students, academics, researchers, psychologists, and general-interest readers with an updated and expanded version of their earlier title Helping Clients Forgive, arguing for the importance of forgiveness in reducing anger and depression in clients who have been betrayed. The authors have organized their text in three parts devoted to forgiveness as a key to healing in psychotherapy, forgiveness therapy within specific disorders and populations, and education, measurement, and going deeper within forgiveness therapy. Robert D. Enright is a faculty member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Robert P. Fitzgibbons is a psychiatrist in private practice in Pennsylvania. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Enright (educational psychology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) shows readers how to forgive people who have hurt them, illustrating a process for confronting the pain, rising above it, and lessening depression, anger, and resentment. He outlines his theory of forgiveness and how resentment, love, emotional well-being, and relationships are interrelated, and why forgiveness is important. He addresses trauma in a separate chapter, then uses dialogues and storytelling to show the forgiveness process with parents, partners, and others, as well as how to help children forgive. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Aristotele diceva che l'anima dà forma al corpo e ora il Prof. Robert Enright, docente di Psicologia Educativa in una università americana, ci dimostra che l'ira, l'odio, il risentimento e ogni rifiuto di perdono sono la causa profonda di un'infinità di nostri disturbi, dapprima funzionali e poi chiaramente organici. L'autore con questo suo libro ci dice che l'amore e l'odio diffondono dal nostro cuore al nostro corpo e poi contaminano l'ambiente di lavoro e piano piano tutti coloro che in qualche modo vengono a contatto con noi e tra questi, prima di tutti, influenzano i nostri cari. Inoltre, l'autore ci insegna a perdonare chi ci ha fatto del male in modo da ridurre le competizioni e i conflitti interpersonali, con le loro inarrestabili spirali di violenza e distruttività. Questa sarebbe sicuramente una fortissima spinta a cambiare in meglio la nostra società. partendo però da un cambiamento del nostro cuore. Pertanto, chi è cosciente di non aver perdonato a qualcuno sappia che esiste una terapia che può essere svolta lavorando nel proprio intimo.

A brother and sister who are angry with each other learn from their father the benefits of forgiveness through a series of symbolic images, in a story that also includes a note to parents.

A licensed psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison presents research and guidance relating to the process of forgiveness, which he argues is a central, vital skill in overcoming resentment and excessive anger. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)