Issues relating to the use of forgiveness in counselling and psychotherapy

This paper explores forgiveness, which is a key component of spiritual past oral care. Encouraging forgiveness is also one of the spiritual interventio ns most frequently used by psychotherapists. However, although forgiveness has been explored as an element in psychotherapy, the models generated have had little impact on research and practice. Recent research into forgivene ss in therapy is considered, including several models put forward for its u se. Some of the implications of the use of forgiveness in therapeutic pract ice are examined and guidelines for the use of forgiveness in psychotherapy are put forward based on the work of the Forgiveness Project at the Univer sity of Manchester.