The End of Trauma
Book description
After 9/11, thousands of mental health professionals from across the country assembled in Manhattan to help handle the almost certain avalanche of traumatized New Yorkers. Curiously, it never came. While plenty of people did seek mental health counseling after 9/11, the numbers were nowhere near expected.
As renowned psychologist George…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The End of Trauma as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a fascinating review of research (much of it conducted by Bonanno himself) into the factors that influence whether someone will “bounce back” from tragedy in relatively short order or become crushed by it.
Illuminated with lots of individual case-histories, Bonanno shows how a “flexibility mindset,” incorporating an optimistic outlook, confidence in one’s own ability to cope with the situation, and a challenge orientation (“this is something to be overcome”) is protective against PTSD; and also how such a mindset can be encouraged and developed.
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