Mental Health Professionals

In 2023, a team of international researchers released a study that clearly illustrates the power of forgiveness in decreasing anxiety and depression. Whether it’s counseling someone to heal from trauma or coaching them through repairing relationships, forgiveness is a critical tool in a mental health practitioner’s toolkit.

Reducing Fury: A Tool for Mental Health

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Everyone has an experience of being treated unfairly. Those resentments can build up over time, leading to low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and broken relationships. This approach, authored by Dr. Robert Enright, is aligned to forgiveness therapy research and seeks to reduce hurt and give people the tools they need to confront the effects of mistreatment and achieve emotional healing.

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Featured Research for Mental Health Professionals

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An Analysis of a Sample of the General Population's Understanding of Forgiveness: Implications for Mental Health Counselors
An Analysis of a Sample of the General Population's Understanding of Forgiveness: Implications for Mental Health Counselors

An Analysis of a Sample of the General Population's Understanding of Forgiveness: Implications for Mental Health Counselors

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Mental Health Professionals
Self-forgiveness and Forgiveness-seeking in Response to Rumination: Cardiac and Emotional Responses of Transgressors
Self-forgiveness and Forgiveness-seeking in Response to Rumination: Cardiac and Emotional Responses of Transgressors

Self-forgiveness and Forgiveness-seeking in Response to Rumination: Cardiac and Emotional Responses of Transgressors

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North America
Mental Health Professionals
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Multidisciplinary Practices
Digital Landscape
Restoration Practices
Art
Physiology
Anthropology
Psychology
Social Science
Spirituality and Religion
Indigenous Communities
Education
Policy
Physical and Mental Health
How Forgiveness Is Measured
What Forgiveness Can Do
How Forgiveness Happens
What Forgiveness Is
All your life you’re told forgiveness is for you. But we’re never told why it’s for you. It means you’re working on owning your life.
Shani Tran
Therapist and Founder, The Shani Project
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Forgiveness is nothing less than the way we heal the world. We heal the world by healing each and every one of our hearts. The process is simple, but it is not easy.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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