What Doesn't Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth

Terry Waite CBE
"We live in a world in which suffering is endemic. In this book Stephen Joseph sounds a hopeful note. Suffering need not destroy."Robert J. Wicks, Professor, Loyola University Maryland, and author of "Bounce: Living the Resilient Life"""What Doesn't Kill Us" seamlessly combines needed inspiration and the most advanced information about the new psychology of posttraumatic growth for those who have experienced great suffering. Stephen Joseph, one of the leading experts in the world on trauma, resilience, and growth, offers both compelling stories and practical information. "What Doesn't Kill Us "is a book of wisdom--both for those who have undergone great stress as well as for those who love and treat them. It is psychology at its best: honest, hopeful, helpful, and based on sound serious research. Reading it makes me proud to be a psychologist." John Harvey, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Iowa"In "What Doesn't Kill Us," Stephen Joseph brings his expertise as one of the world's most prolific and influential scholars of trauma and over two decades of clinical experience to bear in producing a literate and compelling book on growth from and through adversity. The book is replete with powerful story-lines of people who persevered in the face of great pain and loss: From Michael J. Fox to Viktor Frankl we learn how survivors lived Nietzsche's dictum of what doesn't kill you can make you stronger. Joseph gives voice to the non-famous and famous alike as he tells stories of survival and thriving, both in personal and global crises. All the while, the book is highly educational about the dynamics of posttraumatic growth and related concepts. It is a rare feat to produce a book that will appeal and be useful to the general public, as well as scholars and practitioners. Joseph has done so." Mick Cooper, Professor of Counseling, University of Strathclyde"Beautifully written, drawing on leading-edge scientific research to reveal one of huma