The ultimate goal of this model is to safely bring individuals who struggle with un-forgiveness to the place where they can extend and experience forgiveness.

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The model offers guidance HOW one can implement the fundamental, universally human, psychological process of forgiveness.

 

 

In the HOW (Victim)

1. Clarifies what forgiveness is and is not.

2. Understanding the benefits/barriers to forgiveness (secondary gains or victim’s role/ loss of victim’s power. things that hinders desire to forgive).

3. Understanding that forgiveness does not always move into reconciliation (safety concerns/re-trauma).

4. Understanding and dealing with premature forgiveness.

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In the HOW (Offender), it

1. How to ask for forgiveness/ acknowledgment and responsibility of the offense.

2. How to accept and deal if not accepted.

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References: 

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Enright, R.D. (2012). The Forgiving Life: A Pathway to Overcoming Resentment and

Creating a Legacy of Love (APA Lifetools). Washington, DC: American

Psychological Association. [cf: http://www.internationalforgiveness.com/]

 

Enright, R. D. (2014). Clearing up client confusion regarding the meaning of forgiveness: an Aristotelian/Thomistic analysis with counseling implications. Counseling and Values, 59(2), 249+. Retrieved fromhttp://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/apps/doc/A387347563/ITOF?u=vic_liberty&sid=ITOF&xid=de0535d6

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Kim, J. J., & Enright, R. D. (2014). A theological and psychological defense of self-forgiveness: Implications for counseling. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 42(3), 260-268. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.liberty.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/docview/1735314375?accountid=12085

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Sutton, P. (n.d.). The Enright Process Model of Psychological Forgiveness. Retrieved 7/22/18https://couragerc.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/02/Enright_Process_Forgiveness_1.pdf