Dysfunction

When examining the Forgiveness Counseling Model , there is much to take into consideration of possible dysfunctions to the theory. Researchers have indicated that there is a significant restraint of the absence of confirmation that this model works. Procedure models for this theory tend to be very prescriptive, meaning scholars advise how forgiveness must occur rather than how forgiveness does progress. This is challenging for counselors and therapists, in numerous ways (Malcolm & Greenberg, 2000).

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First, instructions of forgiveness in the nonexistence of firsthand confirmation means it is not understood if a specific set procedure works, or if it does seem to work, why, and if it works for all clients. When examining the science of it, a well-controlled investigation strategy may designate the attainment of a forgiveness intercession. Nevertheless, if the procedure model upon which the interference is based has not been empirically authenticated, in synthesis, if we do not recognize how individuals forgive then there is no way of understanding or foreseeing how clients should respond when they commence a forgiveness mediation.

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Second, recommending how forgiveness should happen does not calculate the prospect that a specific set method may be unsuitable for some clients. Although reconciliation (a central construct to this model) may be an anticipated result, for some clients, contingent on the nature of the transgression, it may not always be emotionally strong, practical, or even conceivable.

 

 

Lastly, therapeutic procedure models create expectations about the final stage of forgiveness, for instance, that kindhearted and affectionate responses are vital to say that forgiveness has transpired (Enright, Freedman, Rique, 1998). In synthesis, because the procedure itself has not been authenticated, it is not certain that clients will embrace the endpoint of forgiveness as suggested by the Forgiveness Counseling Model (Butler, Dahlin and Fife, 2002).

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Reference: 

Butler, M. H., Dahlin, S. K., & Fife, S. T. (2002). ‘Languaging’ factors affecting clients’ acceptance of forgiveness intervention in marital therapy. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 28, 285–298

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Enright, R. D., Freedman, S., & Rique, J. (1998). The psychology of interpersonal forgive. A REVIEW OF FORGIVENESS PROCESS MODELS 1081. In R. D. Enright & J. North (Eds.), Exploring forgiveness (pp. 46–63). Madison, WS: University of Wisconsin Press.

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Malcolm, W. M., &. Greenberg, L. S. (2000). Forgiveness as a process of change in individual psychotherapy. In M. E. McCullough, C. E. Thoresen, & K. I. Pargament (Eds.), Forgiveness: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 179–203). New York: Guilford Press.

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