Digital Seminar
Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy
A Step-by-Step Training on If, When and How to Address the "F" Word in Trauma Processing
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- Faculty:
- Amanda Gregory, LCPC
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 09 Minutes
- Copyright:
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Dec 16, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS150492
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
- What forgiveness is – and what it’s not – in trauma therapy
- Avoid clinical missteps that can hurt clients and derail progress
- Strategies that welcome anger and embrace appropriate blame
- Elective forgiveness interventions that are client-led and never forced or premature
- Includes a printable client’s guide and survivor’s workbook
In trauma work, forgiveness often comes up with clients. They’ve heard things like “you need to forgive to heal.”
If you’re like most therapists you’re not sure there’s even a clear definition of forgiveness – or what role if any it should play in treatment.
Here’s the thing. If you get forgiveness in therapy wrong you can do a lot of damage … especially if clients think you’re asking them to “let it go”, make peace with an abuser, or that forgiveness is some kind of “required step” on the journey to trauma recovery.
But when explored gently and on the client’s terms – forgiveness can become a powerful tool. The key is knowing if, when, and how to bring it into the work.
Now with this one-day training Amanda Ann Gregory, author of You Don’t Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms will help make it all clear with the clinical insights and practical strategies you need to navigate forgiveness in a way that supports, rather than derails, your clients’ healing.
When you purchase, you’ll get
- A clear understanding of what forgiveness is – and what it’s not – in trauma therapy
- The latest research on forgiveness, where it helps and where it harms
- Guidance on if, when and how forgiveness should even be explored with your client
- Strategies that welcome anger and embrace appropriate blame
- Forgiveness interventions that are client-led and never forced or premature
Forgiveness will come up in therapy, and you can’t afford to get it wrong.
Purchase now and get what you need to navigate it with confidence and skill!
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy (1.7 MB) | 73 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Journal (405.1 KB) | 13 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Discussion Guide (338.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Discussion Guide - French (338.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Journal - French (405.1 KB) | 13 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy - French (1.7 MB) | 73 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Discussion Guide - Italian (338.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Journal - Italian (405.1 KB) | 13 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy - Italian (1.7 MB) | 73 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Discussion Guide - German (338.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Journal - German (405.1 KB) | 13 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy - German (1.7 MB) | 73 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Discussion Guide - Spanish (338.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Extra Handout - Journal - Spanish (405.1 KB) | 13 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy - Spanish (1.7 MB) | 73 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Amanda Gregory, LCPC Related seminars and products
Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, is a trauma psychotherapist renowned for her work in complex trauma recovery, notably as the author of You Don’t Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms. With a keen focus on the specific needs of trauma survivors, Gregory’s expertise spans over 15 years in clinical practice. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, and Newsweek and published in Writer’s Digest, Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today, and Psychology Today. She lives in Chicago, Illinois, with her partner and their sassy black cat, Mr. Bojangles. She provides free trauma resources on her website.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Amanda Gregory has an employment relationship with the Chicago Center for Sex & Wellbeing and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amanda Gregory has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Objectives
- Examine common myths about the use and impact of forgiveness in trauma therapy.
- Distinguish between forgiveness as an elective experience in trauma therapy and the practice of requiring forgiveness in forgiveness therapy.
- Identify four reasons why the use of mandatory forgiveness in trauma therapy is unsupported by empirical evidence.
- Identify the clinical limitations of forgiveness therapy in trauma recovery.
- Define six specific ways that requiring forgiveness can harm trauma survivors in therapy.
- Utilize six trauma therapy interventions that incorporate elective forgiveness.
Outline
Do We Even Agree on What Forgiveness Means?
- Define forgiveness operationally
- Review forgiveness research in wellness
- Explore the origins of forgiveness in psychology
The Role of Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy
- Define clinical trauma
- Forgiveness therapy vs. forgiveness in therapy
- Forgiveness therapy modalities
- Common myths about forgiveness
Research, Risk and Limitations
- Lack of standardized definitions
- How safety is compromised
- Identify methods that restrict emotional processing
Required Forgiveness: Impacts on Clients, the Therapeutic Relationship, and More
- Discover the negative impacts on the counseling relationships
- Recognize how anger processing is restricted
- Explore how gender and racial stereotypes are promoted
- Detect how the wishes of offenders/bystanders are reinforced
- Learn how religious trauma responses are activated
- Identify failures to acknowledge culture and religious beliefs
Elective Forgiveness Interventions: How to Get Forgiveness Right in Trauma Therapy
- Provide elective forgiveness psychoeducation
- Asses the impact of mandatory forgiveness
- Explore religious/spiritual and cultural beliefs
- Create realistic forgiveness-focused treatment plans
- Welcome rage, resentment, and anger
- Utilize techniques to assess and assign appropriate blame
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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