# Elective Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy: Distinguishing Forgiveness from Reconciliation, Ep. 250 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-up-the-couch-237037/elective-forgiveness-in-trauma-therapy-distinguishing-forgiveness-from-reconciliation-ep-250 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-up-the-couch-237037/elective-forgiveness-in-trauma-therapy-distinguishing-forgiveness-from-reconciliation-ep-250.md Podcast: [Light Up The Couch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-up-the-couch-237037) Published: 2025-08-20T18:55:25+00:00 Episode link: https://clearlyclinical.com/podcast/ceu-trauma-forgiveness Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/5b88d97f3917ee5e785ed510%3A5baaa7b49140b7701af9ccf3%3A6893a8663dc9cf6beb066cbc/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/light-up-the-couch-237037/episodes/elective-forgiveness-in-trauma-therapy-distinguishing-forgiveness-from-reconciliation-ep-250 Duration seconds: 3620 ## Resource Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, offers a critical look at forgiveness in trauma therapy, clarifying its elective role and its distinction from reconciliation, as well as providing practical tools to help therapists integrate these concepts responsibly into treatment. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approvals in the country (APA, NBCC, ASWB, and more). Learn, grow, and shine with Clearly Clinical Continuing Ed by visiting https://ClearlyClinical.com. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approvals in the country (APA, NBCC, ASWB, and more). Learn, grow, and shine with Clearly Clinical Continuing Ed by visiting https://ClearlyClinical.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/light-up-the-couch-237037/episodes/elective-forgiveness-in-trauma-therapy-distinguishing-forgiveness-from-reconciliation-ep-250/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-up-the-couch-237037/elective-forgiveness-in-trauma-therapy-distinguishing-forgiveness-from-reconciliation-ep-250.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.