Promoting Positive Processes after Trauma

Download or read book Promoting Positive Processes after Trauma written by Elizabeth M. Altmaier and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promoting Positive Processes After Trauma targets one of the most damaging effects of trauma, ongoing impairment across the whole of "living." Viewing clients with trauma histories from the perspectives of their shared experiences is the foundation for the application of six strengths and virtues studied by positive psychology: hope, positive emotions, resilience, forgiveness, spirituality and religiosity, and meaning-making. The lived trauma experience of the contributing author illustrates actual means of change