Table of Contents

Why Learn About Forgiveness and Forgiveness Therapy?; Forgiveness in Psychotherapy - an Overview; Deepening the Understanding of Forgiveness; What Forgiveness is Not; The Social Cognitive Development of Forgiveness; The Process Model of Forgiveness Therapy; Empirical Validation of the Process Model of Forgiveness; Forgiveness in Depression Disorders; Forgiveness in Anxiety Disorders; Forgiveness in Substance Abuse Disorders; Forgiveness in Children and Adolescents; Forgiveness in Marital and Family Relationships; Forgiveness in Eating Disorders; Forgiveness in Bipolar and Other Mental Disorders; Forgiveness in Personality Disorders; Moral, Philosophical and Religious Roots of Forgiveness; Skeptical Views of Forgiveness; Empirical Support for the Social-Cognitive Model of Forgiveness; Other Forgiveness Interventions; Measures of Interpersonal Forgiveness; The Future of Forgiveness.