Creativity, 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.
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S. Victoria Jaque: is professor and graduate coordinator in both the Department of Kinesiology and Assistive Technology Studies and Human Services at California State University, Northridge.
Paula Thomson is professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Northridge.
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Chapter 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