Reach Collective

Posttraumatic Growth Following Psychosis

Are you a mental health professional interested in learning more about posttraumatic growth following psychosis?

The following resources, based on 11 years of research, lived and professional experience, can help you learn more.

In a nutshell, we recommend the following:

1. Provide gentle encouragement within a validating, normalising clinical context
2. Support the development of an integrated and constructive life narrative
3. Be open to different explanatory models of psychosis
4. Support and be open to your client’s spiritual or religious life

What to avoid:

1. Romanising psychosis, distress and human suffering
2. Expecting posttraumatic growth to occur
3. Viewing clients who don’t experience posttraumatic growth as failures
4. Limiting important supports your clients may rely on to recover

To learn more, consult our paper and watch the following video:

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