Gregory K. Moffatt

Survivors (eBook, PDF)

What We Can Learn from How They Cope with Horrific Tragedy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Case studies show how various personal, social, and protective factors can override seemingly unbearable trauma.

Rather than addressing what goes wrong when people are traumatized, Survivors: What We Can Learn from How They Cope with Horrific Tragedy takes a positivist approach. Filled with stories of people who overcame seemingly unbearable events, the book examines the details of their traumas to explain what combination of factors enabled them to thrive despite their experiences.

Survivors studies men and women, adults and children, Americans and those from other lands. It encompasses victims of the Nazi Holocaust, survivors of spinal injury, victims of violent crime, adult victims of child abuse, and survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Author Gregory K. Moffatt, a psychologist and counselor, looks at all of these cases in the light of research regarding post-traumatic growth and clinical implications. He explains the combination of social context and protective and personal factors identified as prime agencies for resilience, drawing lessons that can prepare us, not only for extreme trauma, but to deal with the everyday traumas that affect us all.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313376658
• Artikelnr.: 43833262

Autorenporträt

Gregory K. Moffatt is a college professor, author, newspaper columnist and public speaker. He is a licensed therapist who is Nationally Board Certified in Traumatic Stress, specializing in child sexual abuse and trauma. Dr. Moffatt has served as a regular lecturer at the FBI Academy, a profiler with the Atlanta Cold Case Squad, and a consultant to numerous airlines, businesses, and schools. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX news, as well as America's Most Wanted. He is the author of The Parenting Journey (Praeger, 2004), Wounded Innocents and Fallen Angels (Praeger, 2003), A Violent Heart (Praeger, 2002), and Blind-Sided (Praeger, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1 Trauma and Resiliency 2 Arbeit Macht Frei:
Surviving the Holocaust 3 A New Normal: Surviving Spinal Injury 4 Dangerous
Houses: Surviving Abuse 5 Eight Days in March: Surviving Violent Crime 6
Ubuzima Bufite Impamvu: Genocide in Rwanda 7 The Breaking Point: Protective
Factors and Seven Lies That Prevent Recovery 8 Hope for the Hurting:
Clinical Intervention and Recovery 9 The Meaning of Life Bibliography Index