Thriving Through Crisis: Turn Tragedy and Trauma into Growth and Change

by Bill O'Hanlon

Therapist Bill O'Hanlon shows how to not only survive a crisis, but thrive beyond it. There are ways to use crises and problems as opportunities for mid-course corrections and growth-but this growth is not guaranteed. If you or someone you love are facing an ordeal, this book will give you a roadmap through the treacherous land of crisis to emerge with a better life.

Bill O'Hanlon illuminates:

€ The five crucial pathways to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs
€ How to have a crisis-rather than your crisis having you
€ How avoiding, denying, and minimizing sets you up for breakdowns and crises
€ Why your typical way of responding can make the crisis worse
€ The three powerful internal signals most of us ignore at our peril
€ How old traumas can be viewed in a new light
€ How to turn misfortune into growth-stimulating, regenerative opportunities

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Bill O'Hanlon, M.S., is psychotherapist, author, and speaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O&...

Librarian note:
Some books and editions are published under the full name of William Hudson O'Hanlon

Reviews

[Cynthia_entrelineas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me hubiera gustado leerlo en mis 20! En que las crisis son el fin del mundo y no es asi! Pero como nunca faltan las crisis, se los recomiendo! Para valorar las decisiones que podemos tomar con la calma necesaria.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

You might be able to do this then again you might not.

[Anna Nilsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, how good this is! There are so many things I appreciate with this book. One thing is the humor - with chapters like "Don't just do something - stand there".
I read it during a single day, just couldn't stop (a warm and lazy day at the cottage overlooking a forest lake). Before reading I had been wrestling with a crisis of purpose. Due to chronic fatigue I had lost my previous career (but that career was also the reason for my crisis and fatigue) and I felt as if I had lost several limbs - I had lost all hope. As I was reading this book I realised how I had neglected my creative path, which had always been there. I have new hope and new (old) plans for living the life I should have been living a long time ago.

[Maria de los Angeles · Rating 5 out of 5]

No soy de leer esta clase de libros, pero por un curso en la universidad tuve que empezar a leerlo y llegó en un momento en el que fue de mucha ayuda. 100% recomendado, lleno de aprendizajes y mensajes. Me quedo con la frase final: "Deseo, pues, que todas tus crisis sean prósperas."

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for reading and doing written exercises to get perspective on major life changes/upheavals.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good, practical book for anyone dealing with change in general.

[Rchavezn75 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Para mi como terapeuta me sirve para simplificarle a los pacientes algunas de las grandes ideas que Bill plasma en sus libros conceptuales.