What is forgiveness? Worksheet
By
HappierTherapy
Author bio
The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
What is the theory behind this What is forgiveness Worksheet?
We all are hurt, wounded physically, mentally, or emotionally either by someone else or our own selves. These wounds give rise to negative emotions such as revenge, resentment, guilt, anger, etc. Forgiveness is the way to let go of all these negative emotions and heal yourself. When we hold onto negative emotions, we keep hurting and injure ourselves however, forgiveness can help you reduce and be free from these overwhelming emotions.
How will this worksheet help you?
This forgiveness worksheet will help you psychoeducate yourself about this very important concept of forgiveness. This worksheet gives you an idea about what forgiveness is and what are the important things to keep in mind about forgiveness. It can clarify many misconceptions about forgiveness. With the help of this forgiveness worksheet, you can have a better understanding of this process of forgiving.
How to use this worksheet?
You can use this worksheet by yourself, it is encouraged to discuss the worksheet with your therapist after reading so you can understand it fully with expert guidance. After discussing, you can complete the last section where you can summarize your understanding of forgiveness and share it with your therapist or counselor.
You can download this worksheet here.
