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Individuals can break free of their morass and get through the void in order to triumph and learn to thrive again. Rex (Chap. 6 ) refers to this as getting back on the “game-board of life.” Commitment is necessary to change, desire for transformation, and, in some cases, the need for intervention from a skilled therapist, a motivated mentor, or an effective coach. A person may be able to achieve substantial and sustainable change on his or her own. However, a professional helper may add the element of accountability to ensure the continuation and the transformation. In my volunteer work with incarcerated females, I discussed at length the importance of creating a healthy support network in order to help the released “ex-prisoner” to navigate through the many predictable hurdles new freedom will doubtlessly bring.
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Kreuter, E.A. (2013). Conclusions. In: Fostering Resilience for Loss and Irrelevance. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5773-2_12
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