Herbal Tonic Therapies or The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

Herbal Tonic Therapies

Author: Daniel Mowrey

Written by one of the most respected researchers in the field,Herbal Tonic Therapies looks at preventative herbal medicine,explaining how each system of the body can be strengthened and supported by herbal treatments. This truly holistic approach will appeal to health-conscious consumers who understand that the secret to being well is staying well.

See also: The Service Consultant or Population Dynamics

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth Research and Practice

Author: Lawrence Calhoun

Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread. However, the systematic focus by scholars and clinicians on the possibilities for growth from the struggle with crisis is relatively recent. There are now a growing number of studies and scholarly papers on the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of posttraumatic growth, and there are also theoretical models that can help guide the research further. It is clear, however, that this phenomenon is not yet well understood.

The Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth: Research and Practice provides both clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and up-to-date view of what has been done so far. In addition, it uses the foundations of what has been done to provide suggestions for the next useful steps to take in understanding posttraumatic growth. The book offers contributions of important and influential scholars representing a wide array of perspectives of posttraumatic growth. This volume serves as an impetus for additional work, both in the academic aspects and in the possibilities for clinical applications of posttraumatic growth.

This Handbook will appeal to students, practitioners, and researchers working in a broad array of disciplines and human services.

Table of Contents:

1	The foundations of posttraumatic growth : an expanded framework	1
2	Relationships between posttraumatic growth and resilience : recovery, resistance, and reconfiguration	24
3	Measurement issues in assessing growth following stressful life experiences	47
4	Re-storying loss : fostering growth in the posttraumatic narrative	68
5	Schema-change perspectives on posttraumatic growth	81
6	Posttraumatic growth and other outcomes of major loss in the context of complex family lives	100
7	Spirituality : a pathway to posttraumatic growth or decline?	121
8	Posttraumatic growth after cancer	138
9	Bereavement and posttraumatic growth	176
10	Posttraumatic growth after war	197
11	Positive changes attributed to the challenge of HIV/AIDS	214
12	Posttraumatic growth in disaster and emergency work	225
13	Growing out of ashes : posttraumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors	248
14	Resilience and posttraumatic growth in children	264
15	Expert companions : posttraumatic growth in clinical practice	291
16	The link between posttraumatic growth and forgiveness : an intuitive truth	311
17	Posttraumatic growth and psychotherapy	334
18	Resilience and posttraumatic growth : a constructive narrative perspective	355