Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice

by Lawrence G. Calhoun, Richard G. Tedeschi

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 learned how to assess posttraumatic growth, how to address it in treatment, and they’ll also have a basic grasp of the ways the changes they’re promoting will be received in various cultural contexts. Case examples show how utilizing a process developed from an empirically-based model of posttraumatic growth can promote important personal changes in the aftermath of traumatic events.

Genres: Psychology, Social Work, Counselling

172 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Lawrence G. Calhoun is Professor of Psychology at UNC Charlotte, in the United States, and he is a Licensed Psychologist. Although his parents were North American, he was born and raised in Brazil. He is co-author/co-editor of several books and of more than 90 articles published in professional journals. He teaches undergraduate and graduate students and is a recipient of the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence and of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. His current scholarly activities are focused on the responses of persons encountering major life crises, particularly the phenomenon of posttraumatic growth. With his colleague Richard Tedeschi he has been studying this phenomenon since the early 1980’s; they introduced the term, posttraumatic growth, in 1995 and published the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory in 1996. He has welcomed the recent renewed interest in the positive elements of psychology.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a useful book with lots of practical examples. I will likely reference this book a lot in my professional life.