Trauma, Recovery, and Growth

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The latest theory and research on understanding posttraumaticstressand its treatment, providing evidence-based clinicalinterventionsusing techniques drawn from positive psychology It is known that exposure to stressful and traumatic events canhave severe and chronic psychological consequences. At the sametime-mindful of the suffering often caused by trauma-there is alsoa growing body of evidence testifying to posttraumatic growth: thepositive psychological changes that can result for survivors oftrauma. Blending these two areas of research and exploring the relevance ofpositive psychology to trauma practice, Trauma, Recovery, andGrowth: Positive Psychological Perspectives on PosttraumaticStress provides clinicians with the resources they need toimplement positive psychology interventions in their traumatreatment across a spectrum of?therapeutic perspectives, includingcognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, andgroup therapies. Featuring contributions by internationally renowned researchers andpractitioners and edited by experts in the field of positivepsychology who have worked with survivors of trauma in thefacilitation of their resilience, recovery, and growth, this timelybook is divided into four parts: * Toward an Integrative Positive Psychology of PosttraumaticExperience * Growth and Distress in Social, Community, and InterpersonalContexts * Clinical Approaches and Therapeutic Experiences of ManagingDistress and Facilitating Growth * Beyond the Stress-Growth Distinction: Issues at the CuttingEdge of Theory and Practice Trauma, Recovery, and Growth explores the role positivepsychology can play in how clinical practitioners treat and workwith survivors of stressful and traumatic events and offers anoptimistic perspective in the treatment of those who sufferposttraumatic stress following devastating events such as terroristattacks, childhood sexual abuse, cancer, and war.

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Stephen Joseph

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"The first section of this book provides a concise overview of thehistory of treating posttraumatic stress, which has in the pastfocused on an illness ideology that emphasizes deficits andabnormal functioning as opposed to health adaptation."(Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Winter 2009) "In sum, TRG is an important contribution to the growingliterature on positive psychology. It should be on the reading listof any clinician who is dealing with trauma survivors. It presentsa welcome contrast to the immense volume of material onpsychopathology following trauma." (PsycCRITIQUES;1/28/09)
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