A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth

Joseph, Stephen

Abstract

Over the past decade posttraumatic growth (PTG) has become a major topic for theory, research and practice in mainstream trauma psychology. The aim of this paper is to discuss the implications of PTG for the person-centered approach. It is argued that PTG provides a new non-medical language for understanding psychological trauma that is consistent with the person-centered approach. Person-centered personality theory provides an explanation for how PTG arises and leads to new testable predictions for research into how person-centered therapy may be able to facilitate PTG.

Citation

Joseph, S. (2015). A person-centered perspective on working with people who have experienced psychological trauma and helping them move forward to posttraumatic growth. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 16, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 2, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 8, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 8, 2016
• Journal: Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies
• Print ISSN: 1477-9757
• Electronic ISSN: 1752-9182
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392
• Keywords: Posttraumatic stress, posttraumatic growth, person-centered approach, positive psychology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757760
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies on 2 July 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14779757.2015.1043392.
• Contract Date: Mar 8, 2016