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FORGIVENESS AND HEALING
For some, there is healing to be found. Though it doesn’t always come easily. David M. Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Tennessee and author of the book How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, is like many therapists who advise their patients to forgive abusive mothers. But, he warns, this doesn’t mean accepting further victimization.