Post-traumatic growth
Growth after trauma is part of your natural human capacity to make meaning, heal, and learn from hardship, says Ginelle Krummey, a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Marshall, North Carolina.
The PTG theory was developed in the 1990s by Richard Tedeschi, PhD, and Lawrence Calhoun, PhD. The theory states that following adversity or crisis, people often see positive growth. This could be in their relationships, worldview, or other personal areas.
Post-traumatic growth is the new awareness, insight, and perspective that emerges after a crisis, says Dr. Debi Silber, a psychologist in Huntington Station, New York.
“The crisis can be the death of a loved one, disease, natural disaster, or devastation of some kind like abuse or betrayal,” she explains. “It results from a ‘psychological earthquake’ where your world is now divided between before it happened, and after it happened. It’s a defining moment that changes life as you’ve known it.”
Growth after trauma is part of your natural human capacity to make meaning, heal, and learn from hardship, says Ginelle Krummey, a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Marshall, North Carolina.
The PTG theory was developed in the 1990s by Richard Tedeschi, PhD, and Lawrence Calhoun, PhD. The theory states that following adversity or crisis, people often see positive growth. This could be in their relationships, worldview, or other personal areas.
Post-traumatic growth is the new awareness, insight, and perspective that emerges after a crisis, says Dr. Debi Silber, a psychologist in Huntington Station, New York.
“The crisis can be the death of a loved one, disease, natural disaster, or devastation of some kind like abuse or betrayal,” she explains. “It results from a ‘psychological earthquake’ where your world is now divided between before it happened, and after it happened. It’s a defining moment that changes life as you’ve known it.”