HOW CAN I FORGIVE YOU?

“If you are struggling with issues of betrayal—or the challenge of whether and how to forgive—here is the most helpful and surprising book you will ever find on the subject.”—Harriet Lerner Ph.D. author of The Dance of AngerEveryone is struggling to forgive someone: an unfaithful partner an alcoholic parent an ungrateful child a terrorist. This award-winning book recently updated with a new afterword by the author provides a radical way for hurt parties to heal themselves—without forgiving as well as a way for offenders to earn genuine forgiveness.Until now we’ve been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Janis Abrahms Spring a gifted clinical psychologist and award-winning author of After the Affair proposes a radical life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives—without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for earning genuine forgiveness—one that asks as much of the offender as it does of the hurt party.Beautifully written and filled with insight practical advice and poignant case studies this bold and healing book offers step-by-step concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and ourselves while answering such crucial questions as these:How do I forgive someone who is unremorseful or dead?When is forgiveness cheap?Can I heal myself – without forgiving?How can the offender earn forgiveness?What makes for a good apology?How do we forgive ourselves for hurting another human being?