A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth

Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued that PTG provides a new non-medical language for unde...

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Main Author: Joseph, Stephen
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32022/
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description Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued that PTG provides a new non-medical language for understanding psychological trauma that is consistent with the person-centered approach. Person-centered personality theory provides an explanation for how PTG arises and leads to new testable predictions for research into how person-centered therapy may be able to facilitate PTG.
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spelling nottingham-320222020-05-04T17:13:48Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32022/ A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth Joseph, Stephen Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued that PTG provides a new non-medical language for understanding psychological trauma that is consistent with the person-centered approach. Person-centered personality theory provides an explanation for how PTG arises and leads to new testable predictions for research into how person-centered therapy may be able to facilitate PTG. Taylor & Francis 2015-07-02 Article PeerReviewed Joseph, Stephen (2015) A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 14 (3). pp. 178-190. ISSN 1752-9182 Posttraumatic stress posttraumatic growth person-centered approach positive psychology http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392 doi:10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392 doi:10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392
spellingShingle Posttraumatic stress
posttraumatic growth
person-centered approach
positive psychology
Joseph, Stephen
A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title_full A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title_fullStr A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title_full_unstemmed A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title_short A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
title_sort person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth
topic Posttraumatic stress
posttraumatic growth
person-centered approach
positive psychology
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32022/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32022/