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Posttraumatic Growth & Wisdom: Processes and Clinical Applications

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Post-Traumatic Growth to Psychological Well-Being

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Posttraumatic growth is a process by which people experience significant positive changes in their lives as a result of the struggle with traumatic events. There appear to be connections between posttraumatic growth and wisdom given that there are similarities in the processes by which both are accomplished. In this chapter, we briefly review the literature on posttraumatic growth and consider how growth and wisdom often co-occur, referring to some of the potential mechanisms underlying this relationship including reappraisal, set-shifting, dialectical thinking, synthesis, and cognitive-emotional integration. Finally, we explore how these processes may be facilitated clinically yielding advances in posttraumatic growth and wisdom.

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Blevins, C.L., Tedeschi, R.G. (2022). Posttraumatic Growth & Wisdom: Processes and Clinical Applications. In: Munroe, M., Ferrari, M. (eds) Post-Traumatic Growth to Psychological Well-Being . Lifelong Learning Book Series, vol 30. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15290-0_2

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