Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth: A Clinician's Guide [Personality and Clinical Psychology Series]. by Calhoun, Lawrence G.; Tedeschi, Richard G - 1999

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (LEA), 1999. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minimal edgewear. 165 pp. Lawrence Calhoun and Richard Tedeschi construct the first systematic framework for clinical efforts to enhance the processes for "posttraumatic growth", defined as 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. Draws on a burgeoning professional literature as well as on their own extensive clinical experience. Presents tested strategies for helping clients effect all three types of positive change.