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Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now
being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view
that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good
ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread.
However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the
possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is
relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and
scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences
of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that
can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that
this phenomenon is not yet well understood. The Handbook of
Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice provides both
clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date view
of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses the foundations
of what has been done to provide suggestions for the next useful
steps to take in understanding posttraumatic growth. The book
offers contributions of important and influential scholars
representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic growth.
This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both in the
academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical applications
of posttraumatic growth. This Handbook will appeal to students,
practitioners, and researchers working in a broad array of
disciplines and human services.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. (Nietzsche) The
phenomenon of positive personal change following devastating events
has been recognized since ancient times, but given little attention
by contemporary psychologists and psychiatrists, who have tended to
focus on the negative consequences of stress. In recent years,
evidence from diverse fields has converged to suggest the reality
and pervasive importance of the processes the editors sum up as
posttraumatic growth. This volume offers the first comprehensive
overview of these processes. The authors address a variety of
traumas--among them bereavement, physical disability, terminal
illness, combat, rape, and natural disasters--following which
experiences of growth have been reported. How can sufferers from
posttraumatic stress disorder best be helped? What does
"resilience" in the face of high risk mean? Which personality
characteristics facilitate growth? To what extent is personality
change possible in adulthood? How can concepts like happiness and
self-actualization be operationalized? What role do changing belief
systems, schemas, or "assumptive worlds" play in positive
adaptation? Is "stress innoculation" possible? How do spiritual
beliefs become central for many people struck by trauma, and how
are posttraumatic growth and recovery from substance abuse or the
crises of serious physical illnesses linked? Such questions have
concerned not only the recently defined and expanding group of
"traumatologists," but also therapists of all sorts, personality
and social psychologists, developmental and cognitive researchers,
specialists in health psychology and behavioral medicine, and those
who study religion and mental health. Overcoming the challenges of
life's worst experiences can catalyze new opportunities for
individual and social development. Learning about persons who
discover or create the perception of positive change in their lives
may shed light on the problems of those who continue to suffer.
Posttraumatic Growth will stimulate dialogue among personality and
social psychologists and clinicians, and influence the theoretical
foundations and clinical agendas of investigators and practitioners
alike.
In this book, Calhoun and Tedeschi construct the first systematic
framework for clinical efforts to enhance the processes they sum up
as posttraumatic growth. Posttraumatic growth is the phenomenon of
positive change through struggle with even the most horrible sets
of circumstances. People who experience it tend to describe three
general types of change: realistically stronger feelings of
vulnerability that are nonetheless accompanied by stronger feelings
of personal resilience, closer and deeper relationships with
others, and a stronger sense of spirituality. Posttraumatic growth
has only recently become an important focus of interest for
researchers and practitioners. Drawing on a burgeoning professional
literature as well as on their own extensive clinical experience,
the authors present strategies for helping clients effect all three
types of positive change - strategies that have been tested in a
variety of groups facing a variety of crises and traumas. Their
concise yet comprehensive practical guide will be welcomed by all
those who counsel persons grappling with the worst life has to
offer.
From the authors who pioneered the concept of posttraumatic growth
comes Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice, a book that brings
the study of growth after trauma into the twenty-first century.
Clinicians will find a framework that's easy to use and flexible
enough to be tailored to the needs of particular clients and
specific therapeutic approaches. And, because it utilizes a model
of relating described as "expert companionship," clinicians learn
how to become most empathically effective in helping a variety of
trauma survivors. Clinicians will come away from this book having
learned how to assess posttraumatic growth, how to address it in
treatment, and they'll also have a basic grasp of the ways the
changes they're promoting will be received in various cultural
contexts. Case examples show how utilizing a process developed from
an empirically-based model of posttraumatic growth can promote
important personal changes in the aftermath of traumatic events.
From the authors who pioneered the concept of posttraumatic growth
comes Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice, a book that brings
the study of growth after trauma into the twenty-first century.
Clinicians will find a framework that's easy to use and flexible
enough to be tailored to the needs of particular clients and
specific therapeutic approaches. And, because it utilizes a model
of relating described as "expert companionship," clinicians learn
how to become most empathically effective in helping a variety of
trauma survivors. Clinicians will come away from this book having
learned how to assess posttraumatic growth, how to address it in
treatment, and they'll also have a basic grasp of the ways the
changes they're promoting will be received in various cultural
contexts. Case examples show how utilizing a process developed from
an empirically-based model of posttraumatic growth can promote
important personal changes in the aftermath of traumatic events.
In this book, Calhoun and Tedeschi construct the first systematic
framework for clinical efforts to enhance the processes they sum up
as posttraumatic growth.
Posttraumatic growth is the phenomenon of positive change through
struggle with even the most horrible sets of circumstances. People
who experience it tend to describe three general types of change:
realistically stronger feelings of vulnerability that are
nonetheless accompanied by stronger feelings of personal
resilience, closer and deeper relationships with others, and a
stronger sense of spirituality.
Posttraumatic growth has only recently become an important focus of
interest for researchers and practitioners. Drawing on a burgeoning
professional literature as well as on their own extensive clinical
experience, the authors present strategies for helping clients
effect all three types of positive change - strategies that have
been tested in a variety of groups facing a variety of crises and
traumas. Their concise yet comprehensive practical guide will be
welcomed by all those who counsel persons grappling with the worst
life has to offer.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. (Nietzsche) The
phenomenon of positive personal change following devastating events
has been recognized since ancient times, but given little attention
by contemporary psychologists and psychiatrists, who have tended to
focus on the negative consequences of stress. In recent years,
evidence from diverse fields has converged to suggest the reality
and pervasive importance of the processes the editors sum up as
posttraumatic growth. This volume offers the first comprehensive
overview of these processes. The authors address a variety of
traumas--among them bereavement, physical disability, terminal
illness, combat, rape, and natural disasters--following which
experiences of growth have been reported. How can sufferers from
posttraumatic stress disorder best be helped? What does
"resilience" in the face of high risk mean? Which personality
characteristics facilitate growth? To what extent is personality
change possible in adulthood? How can concepts like happiness and
self-actualization be operationalized? What role do changing belief
systems, schemas, or "assumptive worlds" play in positive
adaptation? Is "stress innoculation" possible? How do spiritual
beliefs become central for many people struck by trauma, and how
are posttraumatic growth and recovery from substance abuse or the
crises of serious physical illnesses linked? Such questions have
concerned not only the recently defined and expanding group of
"traumatologists," but also therapists of all sorts, personality
and social psychologists, developmental and cognitive researchers,
specialists in health psychology and behavioral medicine, and those
who study religion and mental health. Overcoming the challenges of
life's worst experiences can catalyze new opportunities for
individual and social development. Learning about persons who
discover or create the perception of positive change in their lives
may shed light on the problems of those who continue to suffer.
Posttraumatic Growth will stimulate dialogue among personality and
social psychologists and clinicians, and influence the theoretical
foundations and clinical agendas of investigators and practitioners
alike.
Contents: The Experience of Grieving Parents. Grief Perspectives, Models, and Myths. A General Framework for Intervention. Bereaved Parents and Their Families. Circumstances of the Loss. Sprituality and Religion. Issues for the Clinician. Resources for Bereaved Parents and Their Expert Companions.
Posttraumatic Growth reworks and overhauls the seminal 2006
Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth. It provides a wide range of
answers to questions concerning knowledge of posttraumatic growth
(PTG) theory, its synthesis and contrast with other theories and
models, and its applications in diverse settings. The book starts
with an overview of the history, components, and outcomes of PTG.
Next, chapters review quantitative, qualitative, and cross-cultural
research on PTG, including in relation to cognitive function,
identity formation, cross-national and gender differences, and
similarities and differences between adults and children. The final
section shows readers how to facilitate optimal outcomes with PTG
at the level of the individual, the group, the community, and
society.
Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now
being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view
that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good
ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread.
However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the
possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is
relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and
scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences
of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that
can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that
this phenomenon is not yet well understood.
The "Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice"
provides both clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and
up-to-date view of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses
the foundations of what has been done to provide suggestions for
the next useful steps to take in understanding posttraumatic
growth. The book offers contributions of important and influential
scholars representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic
growth. This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both
in the academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical
applications of posttraumatic growth.
This "Handbook" will appeal to students, practitioners, and
researchers working in a broad array of disciplines and human
services.
Posttraumatic Growth reworks and overhauls the seminal 2006
Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth. It provides a wide range of
answers to questions concerning knowledge of posttraumatic growth
(PTG) theory, its synthesis and contrast with other theories and
models, and its applications in diverse settings. The book starts
with an overview of the history, components, and outcomes of PTG.
Next, chapters review quantitative, qualitative, and cross-cultural
research on PTG, including in relation to cognitive function,
identity formation, cross-national and gender differences, and
similarities and differences between adults and children. The final
section shows readers how to facilitate optimal outcomes with PTG
at the level of the individual, the group, the community, and
society.
There is no denying the psychological and physical costs of trauma,
but suffering a traumatic experience does not necessarily mean
you'll develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have to
live with its debilitating long-term symptoms. While the process of
recovering from trauma is difficult and painful, survivors also
experience post-traumatic growth (PTG). And with the right approach
to healing, the same challenges that create PTSD can also set the
stage for a psychological rebirth. The Post-Traumatic Growth
Workbook expands the focus on post-traumatic stress and its related
difficulties to include the significant potential for positive
growth in the aftermath of trauma. With this guide, you'll learn
more about traumatic experiences and their short- and long-term
effects, discover where you are in your own process, explore
vulnerability as an important aspect of post-traumatic strength,
identify and develop other strengths for coping with-and growing
beyond-your trauma, and successfully integrate your experience into
your personal story. Navigating the aftereffects of trauma is a
difficult journey, but many people report having a new appreciation
for life and feeling even more resilient after working through
their traumatic event. Using this powerful, PTG-based workbook,
you'll find it's possible to come out of your trauma even stronger
and wiser.
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