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News Release
New Study Reveals Emotional and
Spiritual Recovery from Addiction
Dr. Kenneth Hart presents findings
from a comparative study of forgiveness therapies
April 4, 2007-- For Immediate Release
TORONTO, April 4, 2007- Tyndale University College will host a
public lecture, "Emotional and Spiritual Recovery from Addiction:
Testing Secular & Spiritual Forgiveness Therapies" which
will be delivered by Dr. Kenneth Hart, an expert whose research
involves the three-way interface of clinical-health psychology,
positive psychology and addictive behaviours. This free public lecture
will be held on April 12, from 1:15pm - 2:30pm. at Tyndale University
College in Room 2085.
At the public lecture, Dr. Hart, psychology professor in the Doctoral
Program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Windsor, will
present evidence to show that addicts who practice forgiveness enjoy
a life-enhancing quality of recovery and that alcoholics who are
struggling to stay sober can be taught how to forgive. Dr. Hart's
therapeutic intervention study compares the well-known Enright Forgiveness
Program (EFP; Enright & Fitzgibbons, 2000) with a new Spiritual
Forgiveness & Repentance (SPIRIT-FR) program. Modeled on Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA), the SPIRIT-FR program facilitates the search for
spiritual meaning by encouraging clients to engage in forgiveness
and repentance-related aspects of the AA 'steps' program.
"The 'cancer of bitterness' is destructive for the mind, body
and soul of angry people in 12-Step recovery from addiction. It
also ruins relationships to others and to God. Perhaps forgiveness
can serve as an antidote for 'white-knuckled' abstinence, "
says Dr. Hart. "Research findings showed that participants
in both treatment programs enjoyed long-term benefits in terms of
their ability to forgive their worst offender and in terms of their
motivational readiness to repent for their own transgressions. The
sustained improvement on forgiveness was greater for clients in
the SPIRIT-FR condition."
Currently, Dr. Hart is collaborating with Dr. Paul Wong, psychology
professor at Tyndale University College, among others, to plan a
CIHR grant application. If successful, the grant will fund a clinical
trial to study the comparative benefits of exposing recovering alcoholics
to brief motivational interventions designed to prevent relapse
following discharge from professional treatment.
Tyndale University College & Seminary has been a major centre
of Christian higher education in Canada since 1894. The longest-established
school of its kind in the country, Tyndale is an undergraduate and
graduate institution whose 1,200 students represent some 40 different
denominations. The non-publicly funded Tyndale was accorded university
status in Ontario in 2003. In addition to its religious degrees,
Tyndale offers BA and BA (Hons.) degrees in the humanities, social
sciences and business. Additional information is available at www.tyndale.ca.
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Contacts:
Media:
Jacqueline Getfield
Director of Communication
Business Administration
(416) 226-6620 ext. 2784
jgetfield@tyndale.ca
Academic:
Paul Wong, PhD, CPsych Psychology Professor,
Chair, Division of Social Sciences
416-226-6380
pwong@tyndale.ca
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