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- “Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is where someone has been affected by PTSD and finds a way to take new meaning from their experiences in order to live their lives in a different way than prior to the trauma,” explains Dr. Marianne Trent, a clinical psychologist and owner of Good Thinking Psychological Services.
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Nov 7, 2023 · Post-traumatic growth refers to the ability of some individuals to develop beyond their level of functioning prior to the traumatic event, meeting their — possibly revised — psychological needs and creating new belief systems. PTG requires a significant but not excessive degree of stress.
Jan 5, 2023 · This article explores how post-traumatic growth occurs, the benefits it may offer, and some strategies that can help you achieve it in the wake of trauma.
Post- Traumatic Growth is the positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event. Post-traumatic growth doesn’t deny...
- Life crises are seismic events. They have the power to shake the entrenched beliefs people hold and force them to think in completely new ways abou...
- Not everyone who suffers trauma experiences post-traumatic growth, but for those who do, the changes can be lifelong. Although the exact number is...
- Certain characteristics make the outcome of post-traumatic growth more likely: Those who experience it are more likely to be women, adults at the t...
- Post-traumatic growth goes above and beyond resilience. Rather than persevering through challenging circumstances, it represents the capacity to re...
- Psychologists continue to explore and debate post-traumatic growth. Many studies have relied on an individual’s self-reports to assess how they hav...
- The belief that stress is harmful can create an additional burden of “stress about stress.” But there are ways to change your mindset to leverage t...
- While some may decide to strive toward self-improvement goals during the lockdown, that philosophy shouldn’t necessarily be the default. Growth fro...
- Many people do not experience an upside to a traumatic experience—and that’s ok. Survivors can simply work to process the experience and curb its i...
- Practitioners should take care to meet clients in their current mindset and avoid minimizing their suffering or jumping to practical solutions. But...
To measure PTG, they asked participants to consider how they felt now, compared to how they felt before their trauma, in five domains: appreciation of life, relationships with others, new...
Apr 28, 2023 · Healing from trauma can take time and work, but throughout, a positive shift can happen—this experience is known as post-traumatic growth. Below, we explore what post-traumatic growth is...
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Post- Traumatic Growth is the positive psychological change that some individuals experience after a life crisis or traumatic event. Post-traumatic growth doesn’t deny...
May 26, 2021 · Post-traumatic growth happens when you’re able to transform trauma and use adversity to your advantage. The question is, how do you do it? Read on to find out.
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