Rediscovering Confession: The Practice of Forgiveness and Where it Leads

This book identifies four elements present in psychotherapy and confession: a state of heightened self-awareness, a growing realization that our predicament points in some meaningful direction beyond itself, the necessity to make a relevant response to our situation, and a potential for spiritual encounter that accompanies the process. Each chapter contains a section devoted to Practice with exercises for individual contemplation and experimentation, guidelines for forming a confessional partnership, directions for conducting discussions in a study group, and ways to organize a small confessional group.