To Forgive or Not to Forgive?
Releasing the Pain of Relational Trauma
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ABOUT THIS MASTER CLASS
Forgiveness is often a triggering and complicated issue, particularly as it relates to relational trauma or complex PTSD. Some clients don’t want to forgive their abusers, even after they’ve severed all ties. Others hold onto anger and resentment but stay in unhealthy relationships, nonetheless. And some will forgive prematurely and struggle with not getting what they’d hoped for as a response. In this workshop, we’ll explore different dimensions of forgiveness: when it's premature and when it’s forced, when it's used to avoid feelings of pain and betrayal, whether it's necessary to fully heal from abuse, whether it serves the victim or the perpetrator, and when it leads to true acceptance and freedom.
You'll discover how to:
Learn the steps required for forgiveness to be achieved by someone who has been relationally violated.
Understand the core components of healing relational wounds.
Assess the qualities of resilience that are necessary for clients to overcome complex PTSD.
Heal and name their internal wounds by learning to speak up for what they know to be true.
Help clients release the wounds that another has caused, so they’re freed up to no longer carry the trauma inside.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Dr. Frank Anderson
Frank Anderson, MD, is a world-renowned trauma expert, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and global speaker. He is the co-author of the IFS Skills Training Manual (2017), acclaimed best-selling author of Transcending Trauma (2021) and newly released memoir, To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma and Transformation (2024). Dr Anderson has a long affiliation with Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Research Foundation and is a lead trainer at the IFS Institute under Richard Schwartz. He is passionate about teaching brain-based psychotherapy and integrating current neuroscience knowledge with cutting edge models of therapy.
Dr. Anderson believes that traumatic events can have a lasting effect on the health and well- being of individuals and that addressing these events will help lead people down a path of love, connection and unity. He is the director and cofounder of the Trauma Institute (traumainstitute.com) and Trauma-Informed Media (trauma-informedmedia.com), organizations that provide educational resources and promote trauma awareness. As a result of his early childhood experiences and personal journey transformation, he is dedicated to bringing more trauma healing to the world. He splits his time between Boston and Los Angeles where he lives with his husband and two sons.
Follow him at FrankAndersonMD.com and on Instagram at frank_andersonmd.