TY - BOOK AU - Flanigan, Beverly. TI - Forgiving the unforgivable : overcoming the bitter legacy of intimate wounds SN - 0020322305 U1 - 158.2 PY - 1992///, 1994 CY - New York, USA PB - Macmillan Company KW - Forgiveness N1 - "A clearheaded study of what life can do to us and possible ways to begin again." ––Carl A. Whitaker, M.D., author of Midnight Musings of a Family Therapist and coauthor of The Family Crucible Women and men who have been deeply hurt by someone they love often experience a pain that spirals out to undermine their work, relationships, self–esteem, and even their sense of reality. In Forgiving the Unforgivable, author Beverly Flanigan, a leading authority on forgiveness, defines such unforgivable injuries, explains their poisonous effects, and then guides readers out of the paralyzing anger and resentment. As a Fellow of the Kellogg Foundation, Flanigan conducted a pioneering study of forgiveness, and from that study, from her clinical practice, and from her many years of teaching, researching, and conducting professional workshops and seminars, she devised a unique six–stage program, presented here. Filled with inspiring real–life examples, Forgiving the Unforgivable is both a practical and a comforting guide to recovery and healing ER -