Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Mechila: Integrating the Jewish Concept of Forgiveness Into Clinical Practice
✍ Scribed by Richard S. Balkin; Stephen J. Freeman; Steve R. Lyman
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-7960
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
The professional literature diverges in defining the role of forgiveness and reconciliation in counseling regarding how forgiveness and reconciliation are conceptualized from a professional and secular perspective. The Jewish conceptualization of forgiveness is multifaceted; mechila, the forgiveness of debt, is particularly important in providing a framework for forgiveness when the issue of reconciliation is involved. The authors offer an explanation of the Jewish conceptualization of forgiveness and discuss a way to infuse the concept of mechila into counseling practice on a broader level with all clients.