Learning from resilient people : lessons we can apply to counseling and psychotherapy

Glicken, Morley D. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1412904846 (cloth)
ISBN: 9781412904841 (cloth)
Physical Description: xiii, 277 p. ; 27 cm.
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Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-266) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. I. What we can learn from resilient people -- 1. Understanding resilience -- Pt. II. How resilient people use culture, spirituality, and support systems to improve their social and emotional functioning -- 2. Resilience and the impact of spiritual and religious beliefs on health and mental health -- 3. Helping others as an attribute of resilience -- 4. The powerful helping impulse of our cultural heritage : examples from three ethnic groups -- Pt. III. Examples of resilience across areas of psychosocial difficulty -- 5. How resilient people cope with substance abuse -- 6. How resilient people cope with mental illness -- 7. How resilient children cope with abuse -- 8. How resilient people cope with life-threatening illness, disabilities, and bereavement -- 9. Resilience in older adults -- 10. Resilience in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals -- 11. How resilient people cope with loneliness, isolation, and depression -- 12. Family resilience -- 13. How resilient people cope with acts of random violence -- 14. Resilient communities -- Pt. IV. Practice implications -- 15. The primary behaviors of resilient people : application of findings to practice.