What Doesn't Kill Us: A guide to overcoming adversity and moving forward
Autor Professor Stephen Josephen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2013
În momentele de răscruce ale vieții — fie că vorbim despre pierderea unei persoane dragi, un accident sau o despărțire dureroasă — tindem să privim trauma doar prin prisma distrugerii. Remarcăm însă, în lucrarea What Doesn't Kill Us a profesorului Stephen Joseph, o perspectivă profund diferită, ancorată în decenii de cercetare clinică: ideea că suferința poate fi, paradoxal, un catalizator pentru o viață mai bogată. Autorul, un expert recunoscut care a consiliat familii în crize majore, precum cea a minerilor din Chile, ne demonstrează că reziliența nu este doar despre „a supraviețui”, ci despre a evolua.
Suntem de părere că forța acestui volum rezidă în echilibrul dintre rigoarea academică și empatia umană. Stephen Joseph nu minimizează teroarea sau durerea, ci le integrează într-un proces de reconstrucție. Cine a studiat perspectivele despre transformarea prin catastrofă din What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us de Mike Mariani va aprecia aici abordarea pragmatică, structurată pe șase pași concreți, care transformă teoria creșterii post-traumatice într-un ghid de navigare emoțională. Dacă Mike Mariani se concentrează pe reinventarea identității, Stephen Joseph oferă instrumentele psihologice necesare pentru a găsi un nou sens.
Această lucrare continuă explorarea naturii umane începută în titluri precum Authentic, unde autorul analiza nevoia noastră de aliniere interioară. În timp ce Think Like a Therapist oferea o mână întinsă celor care trec prin dificultăți cotidiene, What Doesn't Kill Us plonjează în profunzimea experiențelor limită. Stilul este sobru, dar plin de speranță, evitând clișeele motivaționale în favoarea unor studii de caz care demonstrează cum relațiile pot deveni mai puternice și perspectivele mai clare în urma adversității.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0749952407
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 128 x 195 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Piatkus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui traversează o perioadă dificilă sau dorește să înțeleagă mecanismele psihologice ale rezilienței. Cititorul câștigă o strategie validată științific pentru a procesa trauma, trecând de la statutul de victimă la cel de supraviețuitor care prosperă. Este o lectură esențială pentru a învăța cum să transformi suferința într-o resursă de înțelepciune și maturitate, fără a ignora realitatea durerii.
Descriere
For the past twenty years, Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma and sufferers of posttraumatic stress. In this groundbreaking book, he boldly challenges the notion that trauma and its aftermath devastate and destroy the lives. His studies have shown that a wide range of traumatic events - from illness, separation, assault and bereavement to accidents, natural disasters and terrorism - can act as catalysts for positive change, strengthening relationships, changing one's perspective and revealing inner strengths.
In What Doesn't Kill Us, Stephen Joseph shares the six steps we can all use to manage our emotions and navigate adversity to find new meaning, purpose and direction in our lives.
Recenzii
What Doesn't Kill Us indeed does and can make us stronger as brilliantly presented by Professor Stephen Joseph and lived throughout my every day
Convincingly challenging, highly enlightening, and compulsively readable, What Doesn't Kill Us is thoroughly recommended for both those who have and have not experienced trauma. A transformational new perspective
What Doesn't Kill Us is a book of wisdom - both for those who have undergone great stress as well as for those who love and treat them. It is psychology as its best: honest, hopeful, helpful, and based on sound, serious research
In this fascinating book, Stephen Joseph maps out the rarely explored positive consequences of trauma, reminding us that growth is possible even in the most adverse circumstances. Although essential reading for clinicians working with traumatised patients, What Doesn't Kill Us is so accessibly written that it should appeal to anyone interested in the human condition
Stephen Joseph's book is inspirational and, not just for the lay reader but also for all therapists, regardless of their theoretical orientation, as trauma is an inherent part of their work. It goes far beyond the narrow confines of current clinical approaches to working with trauma and posttraumatic stress and challenges all clinicians to think about what we actually say and do in the consulting room . . . To say that it is essential reading would be an understatement. It is essential as a survival guide to life
Professor Stephen Joseph] has ably blended his many years of research and clinical practice into an enlightened story of posttraumatic growth. This is a book that should be read by all who encountered trauma and those who love and treat them
What Doesn't Kill Us is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to know to cope with trauma
With decades of experience and knowledge, Joseph presents the wonderfully complex world of posttraumatic growth in an accessible and personable way. Not only does the book provide the most up-to-date research, What Doesn't Kill Us offers tangible approaches to developing growth after trauma; a feat that will be valued by many
In an area beset by wishful thinking, Stephen Joseph makes the scientific case for how difficult times can lead to personal growth. What Doesn't Kill Us is a well-argued and well-evidenced challenge to the idea that trauma is necessarily a curse
It is a rare feat to produce a book that will appeal and be useful to the general public, as well as scholars and practitioners. Joseph has done so
Beautifully written, drawing on cutting-edge scientific research to reveal one of humankind's noblest qualities: the capacity to find meaning and growth in the face of near-unbearable suffering
This is a caring and thoughtful account, arguing for normality or posttraumatic stress as a process of adaptation. Professor Joseph presents a personal and positive perspective, showing how people can come through painful experiences and live fulfilling lives
Despite the upbeat message, Joseph is no Pollyanna - thankfully, he never seeks to diminish the very real distress and terror experienced by those who have suffered PTSD. In the end, he makes a compelling, honest and hopeful argument in favour of Nietzsche's dictum that what doesn't kill us, does indeed make us stronger
'What Doesn't Kill Us is a book of wisdom - both for those who have undergone great stress as well as for those who love and treat them. It is psychology at its best: honest, hopeful, helpful, and based on sound, serious research' Robert J. Wicks, Professor, Loyola University Maryland, and author of Bounce: Living the Resilient Life
For the past twenty years, Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma and sufferers of posttraumatic stress. In this groundbreaking new book, he boldly challenges current notions about trauma and its aftermath. His studies have shown that a wide range of traumatic event - from illness, divorce, separation, assault and bereavement to accidents, natural disasters and terrorism - rather than necessarily ruining lives can act as catalysts for positive change, strengthening relationships, changing one's perspective and revealing inner strengths.
In What Doesn't Kill Us, Stephen Joseph shares the six steps we can all use to manage our emotions and navigate adversity to find new meaning, purpose and direction in our lives.
'What Doesn't Kill Us is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to know how to cope with trauma' Elaine Fox, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Essex