ABSTRACT
This chapter has thus far been concerned mainly with our observations on the struggles with forgiveness that victims, both those with whom we worked directly and those who made submissions to the TRC, were engaged in. At this juncture, it seems apposite to complement this with more personal re¯ections on our own experiences of grappling with issues of forgiveness. As therapists working with victims of political trauma in the South African context, and vicariously sharing their struggles to forgive those who had injured them, we pondered the issues raised for us. In particular, since our positions necessarily have been informed by our experiences as black and as white therapists, and given that the markers of race and class have been especially salient in the South African context, we believe that some re¯ection on the implications of these aspects for us would be pertinent.
