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Facilitating self-forgiveness in psychotherapy| Clinical perceptions on the efficacy of treatment interventions

<p> Literature extolling the psychological benefits of self-forgiveness is robust, yet there are no evidence-based models for facilitating self-forgiveness in individual psychotherapy. Further, there is no consensus in the literature on the definition of self-forgiveness. This quantitative, survey-based study examined licensed clinicians&rsquo; (<i>N</i>=57) perceptions of the efficacy of self-forgiveness treatment interventions, their preferred definitions of self-forgiveness, and how frequently treatment methodologies were utilized. Correlational analyses examined the relationship between clinicians&rsquo; definitions, perceptions of efficacy, and frequencies of use of self-forgiveness methods and the clinicians&rsquo; demographic factors (theoretical orientation, type of licensure, age, years of clinical experience, and type of training). Hong and Jacinto&rsquo;s (2012) definition was the most frequently chosen (36.8%), followed by Hulnick and Hulnick&rsquo;s (2011) definition (35.1%). Most clinicians (57.9%) were not familiar with any of the various treatment methods. Among clinicians familiar enough to rate the methods, Hulnick and Hulnick&rsquo;s (2011) method received the highest efficacy rating (<i>M</i> = 4.11, <i>SD</i> = 1.17), followed by Enright et al. (1996) method (<i>M</i> = 3.67, SD = 0.71). The most frequently used were Jacinto and Edwards&rsquo; (2011) method (<i> M</i> = 2.09, <i>SD</i> = 1.35) and Hulnick and Hulnick&rsquo;s (2011) method (<i>M</i> = 2.04, <i>SD</i> = 1.58). Correlations were significant for theoretical orientation and source of training; theoretical orientation provided the largest explanation for variance. Implications for future research, clinical training, and development of evidence-based treatment modalities are discussed. Linkage between self-forgiveness and remediating shame, recidivism, spiritual psychology, and Jungian psychology are reviewed. Keywords: self-forgiveness, psychotherapy, counseling psychology, spiritual psychology, quantitative study</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10092297
Date12 April 2016
CreatorsMartyn, Sherry Marie
PublisherPacifica Graduate Institute
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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