Post-traumatic Growth: Is there evidence for changing our practice?

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Post-traumatic Growth: Is there evidence for changing our practice?
Dr Colleen A Jackson

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Positive psychological changes and growth beyond previous levels of functioning are characteristics of a phenomenon described as Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun (1998) identified 5 outcomes of PTG: increased appreciation of life; sense of new possibilities in life; increased personal strength; improvement in close personal relationships; and positive spiritual change. More recently, PTG has been proposed as a coping style, as well as a coping outcome.

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Recorded at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
October 2007, New South Wales, Australia.
Visit STARTTS at : www.STARTTS.org.au

Colleen A Jackson

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	Post-traumatic Growth: Is there evidence for changing our practice?	Colleen A Jackson	41'40

Dr Colleen A Jackson

Dr Colleen Jackson rsc:
*Director of the Sisters of Charity Outreach (Devonport, Tasmania) – a community based service providing grief and trauma counselling and therapy, and education and training.
* Qualifications: PhD; Grad Dip in Applied Psychology; M.Ed; Dip in Pastoral Guidance; Grad Dip in Religious Education; B.Ed; Dip Physical Education.
* Sister of Charity, Educator, Registered Psychologist.
* President, Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
* Committed to enhancing community and organisational understandings of grief and trauma responses and the issues involved in accompanying individuals, groups and organisations through bereavement or traumatic experience.
* Community and professional educator, focussing on grief and trauma recovery and support, and crisis management in organisations. Presented papers, seminars and workshops to a wide range of community and professional groups including educators, mental health professionals, nurses, community health professionals, GP’s, emergency services personnel, service groups, Lifeline, and community organisations in Tasmania, across Australia, and internationally.
* Former teacher who has held a range of teaching and leadership roles in schools, including Catholic and Government schools and the Physical Education Branch of the Victorian Education Department.
* Doctoral research focussed on a salutogenic (wellness) approach to trauma management, which emphasises wellness and coping, the collective nature of coping and healing after trauma, and the possibility for growth as an outcome of traumatic experience.
* Accredited Gatekeeper Trainer (Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention), and Small Groups Trainer
* Author of “Towards Healing and Stability after Distressing Events: Management Guidelines for Schools”.