Posttraumatic growth in clinical practice / Lawrence G. Calhoun and Richard G. Tedeschi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calhoun, Lawrence G., author.

Contributor:

Tedeschi, Richard G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--Rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

The process of posttraumatic growth in clinical practice

Facilitating posttraumatic growth through expert companionship

Posttraumatic growth in multicultural context

Understanding trauma response as a precursor to growth

Emotion regulation and posttraumatic growth

Constructive self-disclosure and redevelopment of relationships

Creating a narrative with posttraumatic growth domains

Existential, religious, and spiritual growth

Vulnerability, resilience, and growth for expert companions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-61972-0

0-203-62904-3

1-283-89369-X

1-136-61973-9

9780203629048

OCLC:

823389702