Learning from resilient people : lessons we can apply to counseling and psychotherapy / Morley D. Glicken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glicken, Morley D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Resilience (Personality trait).

Physical Description:

xiii, 277 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2006]

Summary:

This comprehensive supplemental textbook analyzes how resilient people navigate the troubled waters of life's traumas and identifies how learning about resilience may help cultivate this quality in less resilient people. Author Morley D. Glicken explains the inner self-healing processes of resilient people and helps individuals training in the helping professions to learn to use these processes in working with their clients.

Contents:

Understanding resilience

Resilience and the impact of spiritual and religious beliefs on health and mental health

Helping others as an attribute of resilience

The powerful helping impulse of our cultural heritage: examples from three ethnic groups

How resilient people cope with substance abuse

How resilient people cope with mental illness

How resilient children cope with abuse

How resilient people cope with life-threatening illness, disabilities, and bereavement

Resilience in older adults

Resilience in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals

How resilient people cope with loneliness, isolation, and depression

Family resilience

How resilient people cope with acts of random violence

Resilient communities

The primary behaviors of resilient people: application of findings to practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-266) and index.

ISBN:

1412904846

OCLC:

62593557