When Sorry Isn't Enough Making Things Right with Those You Love
by Chapman, Gary; Thomas, JenniferEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-05-01
Publisher(s): Northfield Publishing
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Summary
When you've hurt someone all you want to do is make things right. Same thing if you've been wronged. But sometimes just saying or hearing, "Sorry," isn't enough. #1 New York Timesbest-selling author Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas have teamed up on this groundbreaking study of the way we give and receive apologies. Just as you have a unique love language, so you also have a unique apology language. And it's not just a matter of will, but it's a matter of how you say, "I'm sorry" that ultimately makes things right with those you love. This book will help you identify your own language of apology and will clear the way toward healing and sustaining all your vital relationships. Through field-tested research the authors detail proven techniques for giving and receiving effective apologies. The five languages apology are: Expressing regret Accepting responsibility Making restitution Genuinely repenting Requesting forgiveness
Author Biography
GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 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 holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.
JENNIFER M. THOMAS, Ph.D., is a graduate of the University of Virginia and psychologist with Associates in Christian Counseling in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer counsels on a wide variety of individual and couples' issues from communication to trauma recovery and spiritual healing and is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Jennifer is co-author of The Five Languages of Apology with Dr. Gary Chapman. Visit her website at www.drjenthomas.com. Jennifer and her husband, J.T., serve together on the marriage team at their home 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. Teaching Your 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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