How to Forgive

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Ready to transform your mental health today? Get all 8 of Emma’s courses plus live Q&A here: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Forgiveness can be a really challenging subject. On the one hand, forgiving someone can be a powerful path to emotional freedom, but on the other, the word forgiveness is often used in a way that is hurtful or harmful for victims of abuse. In this podcast, I hope to take a nuanced and thoughtful approach to the ways that forgiveness can be helpful for those who have experienced abuse or trauma, but also to really clarify for those encouraging others to forgive how the concept can be misused, mis-timed, or mis-understood. So let’s talk about what that healing process might look like. And how forgiveness might be a part of that. And if it is, how to forgive. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	This is the Therapy in a Nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:07.6	These episodes are filled with research-backed therapeutic education that you can start applying in your life today.
0:13.4	I hope you find today's episode beneficial, and if you know of someone who could benefit from this podcast,
0:18.7	please don't hesitate to share it. Let's work together and share tools everyone can use to help deal with the difficult mental health struggles they're going through.
0:26.6	Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video.
0:30.6	You can find them on the Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel.
0:33.6	Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction you may be
0:40.0	receiving from a therapist or other health professionals. Please enjoy the episode. So, forgiveness
0:48.2	can be a really challenging subject. On the one hand, forgiving someone can be a powerful path to emotional freedom.
0:56.0	But on the other hand, the word forgiveness is often used in a way that's hurtful or harmful for victims of abuse.
1:03.0	So in this video, I hope to take a nuanced and thoughtful approach to the ways that forgiveness can be helpful for those who've experienced abuse or trauma,
1:11.8	but also to really clarify for those who might be encouraging others to forgive, how this
1:19.7	concept can be misused, mistimed, or misunderstood. And this video is not going to be like a religious
1:27.1	perspective on forgiveness.
1:28.3	It's a therapeutic perspective. But first, a story. I grew up in a religious home, a religious culture.
1:36.3	I'm still actively religious, so the concept of forgiveness has been taught to me very regularly.
1:41.3	But one day I had an experience that completely changed my perspective on it.
1:46.3	I had a gap year prior to my master's degree in therapy,
1:48.9	and I was volunteering at a local sexual assault, domestic violence shelter.
1:54.0	And we had a week-long training on how to answer the phones when people called in needing
1:58.7	help.
1:59.9	And as part of that training, the presenter put forth
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