The workshop is led by Dr. Frederic Luskin, director of the Stanford
Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good , published by Harper Collins. The next series begins September 29, 2008 thru October 27, 2008.  To register for the class please call (650) 498-5566.

The importance of practicing forgiveness has been extolled for centuries, but only recently has research demonstrated that forgiveness can reduce anger and depression as well as enhance hopefulness and self-efficacy.

This workshop series has four sessions of lecture and discussion interspersed with guided practice of forgiveness tools. The format is not intended as group therapy; but rather to teach self-care skills to heal old wounds and prevent new ones.

Workshop participants who complete the series will be able to:

• Describe the core components that create an interpersonal grievance
• Articulate a practical definition of forgiveness for improved understanding of
  self and others
• Explain new strategies for managing anger and hurt
• Understand the physiological response to positive and negative affective states
• Describe the advantages to forgiveness as a general problem-solving strategy
• Discuss ways forgiveness can be used to enhance interpersonal relationships
• Use the HEAL model of working through interpersonal grievances
• Practice the positive emotion refocusing technique
• Learn how to practice forgiveness to prevent conflicts
  

More about the instructor --  Frederic Luskin, PhD is a research associate
at the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention. He holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University and is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. Dr. Luskin's personal web site, Learning To Forgive , has access to video, audio and book products.