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In order to develop resilience children and young people need firm foundations including; Trusting relationships, Structure and rules ,Good role models,

In “Happiness 101,” Harvard professor Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar presents his ideas pertaining to the achievability of happiness. He begins by discussing how individuals must give themselves permission to be human, so that they can feel the negative feelings before they reach the positive feelings. If negative feelings are held back without release, then they only intensify eventually blocking out the positive feelings. Ben-Shahar continues his presentation to the topic of managing stress on the micro, mezza, and macro levels. These levels include the ideas of meditation, sleep, taking time off, vacations, and the “three deep breaths.” Simplifying agendas and practicing quality over quantity has a positive effect on stress levels as well. At the conclusion of his presentation, Ben-Shahar discusses the positive effect of practicing gratitude on health, happiness, and well-being. After listening to Tal Ben-Shahar’s presentation, I completely agree with every point that Ben-Shahar uses over the topics of giving permission to be human, stress management, and practicing gratitude covered throughout his presentation over happiness.

In the article, ‘Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma,” written by George A. Bonanno, we learn about the resiliency of humans when they are faced with potentially traumatic events. Originally, it was thought that resiliency was an outcome of favorable factors in a person’s life such as supportive relationships. In Bonanno’s first conclusion, he discusses how individuals who experienced a potentially traumatic event are distressed or struggle for a short period of time keep functioning effectively. In his second conclusion, we learn that resilience is the most frequent outcome following a potentially traumatic event. In one study that he conducted, he observed middle aged individuals who had lost their spouses and discovered that more

In the reading the author talks about 6 principles that help promote strengths based perspective and allows the worker to help the client seek and understand their strengths. The principles discussed in the reading essentially talks about searching deeply for resources and respecting the potential they may have on reaching the clients goals. The next principle is basically about “survivor’s pride” which is a focus used to help those who have experiences some type of trauma see their making it out alive as a strength. Personally, I find this principle to be imperative because though these traumatic experiences can affect the person

Meditation can be useful for anybody to accomplish a condition of peace, however, what is much more essential for those with empathic characteristics is to keep up consistent grounding and security. With the consistent siege of negative energies, it is a test for an Empath to stay

According to Huiting (2013), a strength approach is fundamental when working with individuals during the recovery process as there is a focus on one’s strengths and abilities, which aids in developing the confidence to embark on the ‘journey of recovery ‘aiding them in overcoming obstacles and challenges, which promotes resilience (Brun & Rapp, 2001).

First, Turner and Cox (2004) investigated post-traumatic growth following a trauma. Within this article, these researchers described constructs that helped individuals who were recovering from traumas. A major theme that arose was willpower. In fact, all of the participants in this study, who had experienced traumatic events such as automobile accidents, spoke about willpower enabling them to grow as a human. Two sub-themes were staying determined, and strategizing a recovery plan. In keeping this research in mind, while considering interventions for the client, it may be helpful to work with him to maintain small, achievable goals to promote willpower, and to strategize his psychological

Resiliency is the ability to adapt positively, during challenging life experiences. Similarly, the author describes resiliency as the ability to recover quickly from trauma, tragedy, and other types of significant loss. Ironically child hood which most believe is the most carefree time of our lives, can be the most traumatic. Children face a wide array of trauma and need to develop resiliency in order to successfully thrive. With this in mind, it is suggested that teaching children coping strategies and ways to spring back into shape to help address hardships and difficulties optimizes their resiliency so that that they are able to persevere in times of stress and trauma.

What factors and procedures determine socio-psychological resiliency in adult survivors of childhood abuse and how can resiliency be fostered based on these factors?

The focus of this paper is based on the strengths perspective, which is also commonly known as the resiliency perspective. The belief of this perspective is that individuals carry a natural capacity to change and develop despite any difficult conditions. The focus of this perspective is to comprehend what processes, on a personal and social level, help people keep a positive level of functioning regardless of facing environmental difficulties (Marsiglia & Kulis, 2009). The resiliency perspective recognizes that there are different strengths among different cultures, and that culture can be an important source of empowerment as well.

573) Bertisch conveys that in rehabilitation medicine, the ability for a patient to have the character strength of resilience, contributes to their overall well-being. An example of resilience in rehabilitation medicine is “In a sample of inpatients with spinal cord injury, they concluded that resilience was a stable characteristic that did not change from hospital admission to discharge. Resilience inversely correlated with symptoms of depression, and positively with life satisfaction and spirituality.” (Bertisch, 2014, p. 573) This sample states that, the skill of resilience will help patients enhance their treatment, well-being and flourish in adversity. This sample is an example of, the powerful affect positive psychology can towards cognitive impairments, such as depression. An optimal goal of both positive psychology and rehabilitation medicine is, incorporating character strengths into treatment to enhance quality of life and well-being, as crucial part of recovery. Resilience is a character strength, to help patients achieve it. Resilience also crosses over from rehabilitation medicine into sports

One recommendation to help promote resilience in children is for them to be in a supportive environment. In the pdf, “Fostering Resilience among Children in Difficult Life Circumstances”, it provides multiple studies about children’s qualities and the type of environment they are exposed to (Berman, 2007). In previous studies mentioned in the article, it revealed that children who had support from the adults in their life resulted in positive relationships with family and peers, a positive temperament, and good social skills (Berman, 2007). These characteristics in people are an important aspect of helping developing resilience, as children need to know that there will be people to help support them through the hard times, as well as having

Clinical research reveals that psychological trauma during childhood increases the likelihood of developing psychological or functional disorders in adulthood. However, a significant percentages of adults with a history of trauma remain psychologically healthy. These individuals have been described as resilient. Resilience is the ability of human beings to persevere, rebound and even flourish after experiencing traumatic events (Bonnano, 2004)

Mindfulness is a conscious mental state where one practices by focusing awareness on the present moment to an object, thought, or feeling. In recent years, mindfulness practices have been heavily emphasized in the western culture as the way to happiness and a better sense of well-being in a dramatically increasing trend. Neuroscientist Dr. Willoughby Britton, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, among many others, have researched and concluded many of their findings on mindfulness. The rise in popularity of mindfulness shows immense promotion to its benefits for most; nevertheless, there are nascent findings revealing critique of this practice which show some people who are experiencing negative repercussions. (In this paper I argue - thesis statement, based on this.. This is what I think) The goal of this paper is to examine the effects on the lives of those who have practiced mindfulness by comparing pleasant and unpleasant experiences through research and more research is needed. ____ and ____ have provided evidence that mindfulness is not an essential component of life that needs to be practiced by all people, consequently, due to those who have revealed their negative experiences.

Resilience, in its simplest form, is the ability for someone or something to recover after an action has occurred against them or it, whether it be an emotional and/or physical action (Earvolino-Ramirez 2007; Dyer & McGuinness 1996). Resilience is defined, more directly, as “the positive end of the distribution of developmental outcomes among individuals at high risk” (Luthar et al., 2000 pg. 3). When resilience is dovetailed with the ideals of social work or psychology, resilience can be the determining factor in the future of an individual. In the realm of social work, resilience theory can be applied to individuals as a way to formulate whether or not that individual was or will be successful in life. Resilience theory focuses on the strengths of individuals.