The Post-Traumatic Growth Workbook : Coming Through Trauma Wiser, Stronger, and More Resilient

There is no denying the psychological and physical costs of trauma, but suffering a traumatic experience does not necessarily mean you'll develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have to live with its debilitating long-term symptoms.While the process of recovering from trauma is difficult and painful, survivors also experience post-traumatic growth (PTG). And with the right approach to healing, the same challenges that create PTSD can also set the stage for a psychological rebirth. The Post-Traumatic Growth Workbook expands the focus on post-traumatic stress and its related difficulties to include the significant potential for positive growth in the aftermath of trauma.With this guide, you'll learn more about traumatic experiences and their short- and long-term effects, discover where you are in your own process, explore vulnerability as an important aspect of post-traumatic strength, identify and develop other strengths for coping with-and growing beyond-your trauma, and successfully integrate your experience into your personal story. Navigating the aftereffects of trauma is a difficult journey, but many people report having a new appreciation for life and feeling even more resilient after working through their traumatic event.Using this powerful, PTG-based workbook, you'll find it's possible to come out of your trauma even stronger and wiser.