Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth: A Role for Coaches

In this interactive webinar, Dr. Richard G. Tedeschi a world renowned expert on the subject of post-traumatic growth will explain and define the concept and relate it to the potential work that coaches can do with clients who have experienced trauma. Dr. Tedeschi will describe the five domains of growth people report in the aftermath of traumatic events and the relationship of Posttraumatic Growth to PTSD and other trauma reactions. The deep work of core belief reconstruction is similar across various kinds of traumas, and this presentation is therefore applicable to work with people who have experienced a wide variety of circumstances, including illness, relationship betrayal, financial losses, bereavement, and disaster. Coaches can serve in the role of "expert companions" to those who have experienced trauma. In this presentation, this approach to relating will be described as crucial to the process of core belief reconstruction and the development of posttraumatic growth with missions of service.