The Five Languages of Apology How to Experience Healing in all Your Relationships,9781881273790

The Five Languages of Apology How to Experience Healing in all Your Relationships

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9781881273790
ISBN10: 1881273792
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Northfield Publishing
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Summary

Just as you have a different love language, you also hear and express the words and gestures of apology in a different language. New York Times best-selling author Gary Chapman has teamed with counselor Jennifer Thomas on this groundbreaking study of the way we apologize, discovering that it's not just a matter of will--it's a matter of how. By helping people identify the languages of apology, this book clears the way toward healing and sustaining vital relationships. The authors detail proven techniques for giving and receiving effective apologies. You'll learn about the five languages apology: Expressing regret Accepting responsibility Making restitution Genuinely repenting Requesting forgiveness Paperback edition.

Author Biography

Gary Chapman is the author of the New York Times bestselling The Five Love Languages. With over 30 years of counseling experience, he has the uncanny ability to hold a mirror up to human behavior, showing readers not just where they go wrong, but also how to grow and move forward. Dr. Chapman has been featured at the Pentagon and United Nations. He is a prolific conference speaker and makes his home with his wife in North Carolina.  

Jennifer Thomas is a psychologist with Associates in Christian Counseling (www.christiancounseling.org) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer counsels on a wide variety of individual and couples issues from communication to trauma recovery and spiritual healing. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. She and her husband serve on the marriage team at their church and have three children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 11
1. Why Apologize?
17
2. Apology Language # 1: Expressing Regret
25
'I am sorry"
3. Apology Language # 2: Accepting Responsibility
37
'I was wrong."
4. Apology Language # 3: Making Restitution
53
"What can I do to make it right?"
5. Apology Language # 4: Genuinely Repenting
69
"I'll try not to do that again."
6. Apology Language # 5: Requesting Forgiveness
91
"Will you please forgive me?"
7. Discovering Your Primary Apology Language
105
8. Apologizing Is a Choice
119
9. Learning to Forgive
137
10. Learning to Apologize in the Family 153
11. TeachingYour Child to Apologize 173
12. Apologizing in Dating Relationships 193
13. Apologizing in the Workplace 205
14. Apologizing to Yourself 219
15. What If We All Learned to Apologize Effectively? 231
Notes 235
Group Study Guide 239
The Apology Language Profile 269

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