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Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience Paula Thomson

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience By Paula Thomson

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience by Paula Thomson


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Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience integrates numerous psychological factors associated with creativity, giftedness and talent, attachment, childhood adversity, trauma/loss, posttraumatic growth, and resilience. Creativity is trained and transferable, allowing one to derive meaning and well-being despite childhood and adult trauma and loss.

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience Summary

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience by Paula Thomson

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience is an examination of creativity and its ability to foster meaning, purpose, and a deeper sense of connection. This is particularly important for individuals who experience higher doses of childhood and adult trauma and who may be contending with the residual effects of terror and uncertainty. Paula Thomson and S. Victoria Jaque outline psychological, physiologic, and neurobiological effects of early attachment ruptures, childhood adversity, adult trauma, and trauma-related factors, and explore how the potential negative trajectory of adversity can be countered by resilience, self-regulation, posttraumatic growth, and factors that promote creativity.

Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience Reviews

Thomson and Jaque (both, kinesiology, California State Univ., Northridge) have written an innovative, insightful volume detailing how childhood and adult trauma may manifest in daily life and what people can do to overcome bouts of terror and negative feelings. This text combines evidenced-based insight with a creative approach to confront a challenging topic. The first part of the book discusses theories and processes of creativity, touching on aspects such as flow and phenomenological experiences. The text then delves into trauma, dedicating particular attention to the impact of adverse events in childhood, such as loss and exposure to violence. The third and most valuable section of the book discusses strategies for building resilience to help combat the consequences of traumatic experiences. Special attention is given to the importance of developing self-regulation and coping skills. The authors conclude the text by discussing ways to foster creative resilience, the growth of aspects such as self-efficacy, optimism, and hope. The authors provide tangible solutions to individuals and their caretakers in cultivating creative resilience in their lives. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and above. * CHOICE *
Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience is a triumph of integration and insight. This book brings together diverse literatures to offer new understandings of the connection between creativity and trauma pathology, drawing on attachment theory, neurobiology and the psychology of shame, to explore how we suffer, how we survive and how we can thrive in the face of overwhelming experiences. -- Martin J. Dorahy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience is a powerful and important book that offers both hope and vital information for anyone who has experienced a trauma or devastating life event and is looking to their creative spirit to help recover, heal, and persevere. Grounded in established scientific research, the authors eloquently discuss how creativity works and how it can help resilience. It is valuable and vital contribution to the field. -- James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut

About Paula Thomson

S. Victoria Jaque: is professor and graduate coordinator in both the Department of Kinesiology and Assistive Technology Studies and Human Services at California State University, Northridge.



Paula Thomson is professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Northridge.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Theories of Creativity



Chapter Two: Talent and Giftedness



Chapter Three: Creative Process



Chapter Four: Fantasy and Pathology



Chapter Five: Neurobiological and Physiologic Components of Creativity



Chapter Six: Childhood Adversity



Chapter Seven: Attachment



Chapter Eight: Trauma and Loss



Chapter Nine: Neurobiological and Psychophysiological Effects of Childhood Adversity, Trauma and Loss Experiences



Chapter Ten: Shame



Chapter Eleven: Dissociation





Chapter Twelve: Regulation and Resilience: Psychosocial and Biological



Chapter Thirteen: Hardiness and Posttraumatic Growth



Chapter Fourteen: Constricting and Fostering Creative Resilience

Additional information

NLS9781498560221
9781498560221
1498560229
Creativity, Trauma, and Resilience by Paula Thomson
New
Paperback
Lexington Books
2020-07-06
478
N/A
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