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Post-Traumatic Growth



Post-traumatic growth is a term coined by psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun in the mid-1990s to describe the positive life changes that often come about in the wake of traumatic events. While traumatic experiences always leave people with great physical and emotional stress, many also find themselves growing in appreciation for their own strengths, as well as in compassion for others and gratitude for all that they have and are.

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Bouncing Back: An Experience with Post-Traumatic Growth Syndrome | Dave Sanderson | TEDxQueensU

A survivor of US Airways Flight 1549, which crash landed in the Hudson river, Dave has had the unique experience of surviving a plane crash. Traumatic events such as plane crashes can have a devastating impact on one’s psychology.

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Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing

In his role as the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), Dr. Gordon has created and implemented what may well be the world’s largest and most effective program for healing population-wide psychological trauma.

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Growth After Trauma

Post-traumatic growth often happens naturally, Tedeschi says, but it can be facilitated in five ways: through education (rethinking ourselves, our world, and our future), emotional regulation (managing our negative emotions and reflecting on successes and possibilities), disclosure (articulating...

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FindCenterBut there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.

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Post-Traumatic Growth

What is post-traumatic growth? Amazingly, there really is such a thing. You've probably heard of post-traumatic stress disorder, but some individuals manage to not only recover from a trauma but actually grow from it.

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On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful...

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Bessel van der Kolk on Trauma, Development and Healing

Internationally acclaimed clinician, educator and researcher Bessel van der Kolk shares some observations from his 40-year passion for understanding and treating people who have experienced trauma.

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FindCenterI don’t regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.

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Post-Traumatic Growth | Robin Amos Kahn | An Own The Room Two Minute Talk®

Coach Mentor Robin Amos Kahn speaks about a psychological change not many people are familiar with: Post-Traumatic Growth. While people do suffer anxiety and stress in response to a difficult situation, people are also able to have a positive response in difficult times.

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What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma.

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