The Role Of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do concerning one another’s well-being. The step of forgiveness requires us to look past the wrongs that have been done to us, and without any sort of retribution or atonement of sorts, drop that wrong-doing out of the scope of the relationship and move on. Christianity and Psychology have differing, yet surprisingly similar ways of looking at the role of forgiving one another. The agreement is obvious, Psychologists and Christians alike recognize that forgiveness has great value in preserving relationships, not just personal but communal as well. The disagreement tends to be a difference of opinion in what context forgiveness is appropriate. The question then bears itself, who is right? Should we

In a clinical setting, patients sometimes suffer from a multitude of illnesses and bad experiences that lead them to look for external help. Many experiences that patients go through are very difficult to socially, personally and lots of times mentally as well. Therefore, Psychologists must look at the whole of the issue that is causing individuals stress. The first thing you will hear from psychologists regarding forgiveness is the matter of whether it would even be safe for the patient to make contact and forgive the wrong-doer. Much of therapy is concerned with making the patient feel better before anyone else. This means that forgiveness of a person that may still hurt them could be out of question. Although it may be hard to forgive someone for the wrongs they have done to you, it may be extremely worth-while from the psychologist perspective. According to Frise and McMinn, patients may benefit psychologically from forgiving the person that has wronged them because they can “release negative painful feelings and thoughts and move forward without the hindrance of unforgiveness” (2010). As you can see, Psychologists walk more of a balance between the goodness of forgiveness and the harm that it can do to those that are not ready for