Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World: Healing Ourselves and Our Planet (Practical and Applied Psychology) - Hardcover

Darlyne G. Nemeth; Judy Kuriansky; Robert B. Hamilton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313397317 ISBN 13: 9780313397318

Publisher: Praeger, 2012

Synopsis

This book follows environmental changes―including those caused by human actions, as well as those resulting from natural circumstances―and provides a process to manage their impact on the future.
Whenever environmental damages are caused by natural or human-made events, there are long-term effects for people. This eye-opening and unprecedented book explains the ongoing turmoil in the environment, while presenting ways to alleviate its effect on humankind's physical and mental health.

Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World: Healing Ourselves and Our Planet discusses recent environmental events and examines the reasons why the resulting changes are inevitable. The authors assert that people experience six universal stages when they suffer from environmental trauma: shock, survivor mode, basic needs, awareness of loss, spin and fraud, and resolution. The book presents coping strategies for navigating negative ecological shifts, and provides a plan of action for responsibly managing our environment. Additionally, profiles of indigenous people who endure under environmental adversity provide real world examples of survival.

About this title

About the Author

Judy Kuriansky, PhD, is an internationally known, licensed clinical psychologist and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Teachers College and in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313397317
• ISBN 13: 9780313397318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264