It's still free on the Catholic Plan

Our local paper recently printed a story about this development in health care.  I wonder how much these professionals charge?

A growing number of researchers think that forgiveness -- a virtue embraced by almost every religious tradition as a balm for the soul -- might be medicine for the body, as well. In less than a decade, those preaching and studying forgiveness have amassed an impressive slate of findings on its possible health benefits.

They have shown that "forgiveness interventions" -- often just a couple of short sessions in which the wounded are guided toward positive feelings for an offender -- can improve cardiovascular function, diminish chronic pain, relieve depression and boost quality of life among the very ill.

. . . ."It's a skill that can be taught," said psychologist Fred Luskin, director of Stanford University's Forgiveness Projects and a leading researcher in the field who teaches groups, many of them bound together in the workplace, to forgive offenses large and small.