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Book SynopsisCreativity, 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.
Trade ReviewCreativity, 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
Table of ContentsChapter 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
