🔑 Key Definitions
Forgiveness: Deliberate decision to release resentment/vengeance regardless of deserving 🤝
REACH Model: Worthington's 5-step forgiveness model 🎯
What it's NOT: Forgetting, condoning, excusing, reconciliation, weakness ❌
REACH Model: Worthington's 5-step forgiveness model 🎯
What it's NOT: Forgetting, condoning, excusing, reconciliation, weakness ❌
👤 Important Figures
- Robert Enright - 4-phase process model 📊
- Everett Worthington - REACH model 🎯
- Michael McCullough - Motivational change perspective 🧠
📊 Enright's 4 Phases
- 1. Uncovering Phase 😢
- 2. Decision Phase 🎯
- 3. Work Phase 💗
- 4. Deepening Phase 🌟
🎯 REACH Model (Worthington)
- Recall - Remember the hurt 💭
- Empathize - Understand the offender 💗
- Altruistic gift - Give forgiveness as gift 🎁
- Commit - Publicly commit to forgive 📢
- Hold on - Hold when doubts arise 💪
💡 Exam Tips
- Know REACH acronym completely 5️⃣
- Enright = 4 phases; Worthington = REACH 📊
- Forgiveness = gift to YOURSELF, not offender 🎁👤
- NOT: forgetting, condoning, reconciliation ❌