Discussion Thread: Forgiveness and
Reconciling Through Experiencing Empathy
(FREE)
After reading the book Couple Therapy: A New hope-focused approached by
Ripley and Worthington (2014) on how we can experience forgiveness and
reconciling empathy using the (FREE) model. The free model can be used for
individuals who are trying to learn how to experience forgiveness and
reconcile with others while using empathy and compassion. While
mentioned, the FREE model does have a reconciliation intervention that
involves four steps: Decision: Deciding when to reconcile, Discussion:
Communication with the other person about wrongdoings and how to make a
confession, Detoxification: how to extract form the time of distance, and
Devotion: learning how to build and maintain a positive love/ devotion into
relationships (Ripley & Worthington, 2014).
Something important mentioned within the model is how to REACH
