Four Sessions · Online & In-Person
The Forgiveness for Life Workshop
A structured, evidence-based journey through the most effective forgiveness methods — grounded in faith, informed by 24 years of clinical experience.
What to Expect
Four sessions designed to take you from resentment to release.
Each session builds on the previous one, guiding you through understanding forgiveness, recognizing how resentment operates, practicing proven release techniques, and sustaining freedom over time.
What Is Forgiveness?
Many people carry mistaken ideas about forgiveness — that it means excusing harm, reconciling unconditionally, or forgetting what happened. This session clears those misconceptions and establishes a clear, liberating understanding of what forgiveness actually is and what it does for the person who chooses it.
We explore the spiritual call to forgive, the psychological research on its benefits, and what it looks like in everyday life.
Understanding Resentment & Grievance
Before we can release resentment, we need to understand how it works. This session introduces the concept of the "grievance story" — the narrative we rehearse that keeps us anchored to past pain — and the "unenforceable rules" we hold that generate ongoing anger when others don't comply.
Participants begin to identify the specific resentments they're carrying and how those resentments affect their present-day lives.
Four Forgiveness Methods
This is the core practical session. We work through four distinct methods for releasing forgiveness, each suited to different personalities and types of grievances. These include techniques drawn from Fred Luskin's Stanford Forgiveness Project, spiritual tradition, and cognitive-behavioral approaches.
Participants practice each method with a real grievance from their own lives — not as a performance, but as genuine work.
Living in Freedom
Forgiveness is not a single event — it's an ongoing practice. This final session focuses on building the daily habits and mental postures that sustain freedom from resentment, maintaining healed relationships, and what to do when old grievances resurface or new ones arise.
Participants leave with a personal plan for living in ongoing forgiveness.
Format & Availability
Workshops are coming later this year.
🖥️ Online
Join from anywhere via secure video. All you need is a phone, tablet, or computer. Sessions are intimate — small group format to allow real conversation.
🏛️ In-Person
Venue in the Saint Louis area to be announced. In-person sessions offer a richer community experience for those who prefer face-to-face connection.
📅 Schedule
Dr. Whitehead is currently scheduling workshops for later in 2026. Add your name to the interest list to be notified when dates are confirmed.
No charge to join the list. You'll hear from Dr. Whitehead directly when workshops are scheduled.
About the Facilitator
Dr. Alwyn S. Whitehead, Jr., Psy.D.
Dr. Whitehead is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 24 years of experience helping individuals work through the full range of life's challenges — including the deep work of forgiving others and themselves.
His interest in forgiveness as a healing practice grew from both his clinical work and his own faith journey. He has facilitated forgiveness workshops for individuals, couples, churches, and community groups in the Saint Louis area, drawing on research from Stanford's Forgiveness Project, the work of Dr. Fred Luskin, and a range of spiritual traditions.
He also offers individual online therapy through doctorwhitehead.com for Missouri residents.
Interested in a workshop?
Reach out and Dr. Whitehead will be in touch when dates are confirmed.
Or call / text: (417) 234-1670