Richard Tedeschi

Tedeschi completed his B.A. in Psychology at Syracuse University in 1972.{{Cite book |last1=McGregor |first1=Graham |title=Reception and Response: Hearer Creativity and the Analysis of Spoken and Written Texts |last2=White |first2=R. S. |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-317-36715-4 |location=Oxon |language=en}} He then obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ohio University in 1976.{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Richard Glenn Tedeschi |url=https://pages.charlotte.edu/richtedeschi/ |access-date=December 30, 2023 |website=UNC at Charlotte}} Tedeschi completed his clinical psychology internship at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.{{Cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Tzipi |title=Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe |last2=Berger |first2=Ron |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-470-35802-3 |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=17 |language=en}} He is currently working as a professor in the university's campus in Charlotte{{Cite book |last1=Danieli |first1=Yael |title=On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses and Practical Knowledge Gained |last2=Dingman |first2=Robert L. |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-317-71785-0 |location=Oxon |language=en}} and teaches personality and psychotherapy.{{Cite book |last=Burns |first=George W. |title=Happiness, Healing, Enhancement: Your Casebook Collection For Applying Positive Psychology in Therapy |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-470-29115-3 |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=226 |language=en}} He also conducts research on trauma and post-traumatic growth. In 1987, he was visiting professor at the Newcastle University's Department of Psychology.

Tedeschi has co-authored several books on bereavement and trauma. Along with Lawrence Calhoun, Tedeschi pioneered the concept of post-traumatic growth (PTG), which is a construct of positive psychological change. It holds that this change transpires as the outcome of an individual's struggle with a highly challenging, stressful, and traumatic incident.{{Cite book |last1=Cutcliffe |first1=John R. |title=Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Suicide Research |last2=Santos |first2=José |last3=Links |first3=Paul S. |last4=Zaheer |first4=Juveria |last5=Harder |first5=Henry G. |last6=Campbell |first6=Frank |last7=McCormick |first7=Rod |last8=Harder |first8=Kari |last9=Bergmans |first9=Yvonne |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-134-45929-2 |location=Oxon |pages=300 |language=en}} After the experience, such individual manifest a changed outlook in life and greater resilience to stress.{{Cite book |last1=Andriessen |first1=Karl |title=Grief After Suicide: A Health Perspective on Needs, Effective Help, and Personal Growth |last2=Dransart |first2=Dolores Angela Castelli |last3=Krysinska |first3=Karolina |publisher=Frontiers Media SA |year=2021 |isbn=978-2-88966-346-0 |pages=74 |language=en}} This concept is part of the broader positive psychology theoretical framework that enables counsellors and psychotherapists to focus on strength and competencies of patients.{{Cite book |last=Joseph |first=Stephen |title=Positive Psychology in Practice: Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-118-75693-5 |edition=2nd |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=435 |language=en}}

According Tedeschi and Calhoun, PTG can manifest in these domains: appreciation of life, relationship with others, new possibilities, personal strength, and spiritual change.{{Cite web |last=Collier |first=Lorna |date=November 2016 |title=Growth after trauma: Why are some people more resilient than others—and can it be taught? |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.apa.org}}{{Cite journal |last1=Tedeschi |first1=Richard |last2=Calhoun |first2=Lawrence |date=2004 |title=Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence |journal=Psychological Inquiry |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–18|doi=10.1207/s15327965pli1501_01 }} They also explained that PTG maybe facilitated by the following mechanisms:

• Cognitive processing: The process of making sense of the trauma and integrating it into one's life narrative;
• Emotional Regulation: Managing negative emotions and reflecting on successes and possibilities;
• Disclosure: Articulating trauma and its effect;
• Narrative Development: Shaping the traumatic narrative and deriving hope from it; and,
• Service: Involvement in activities that benefit others.{{Cite news |last=Tedeschi |first=Richard G. |date=2020-07-01 |title=Growth After Trauma |url=https://hbr.org/2020/07/growth-after-trauma |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=Harvard Business Review |issn=0017-8012}}

Tedeschi was also a consultant for the American Psychological Association for the development of materials that cover trauma and resilience for psychologists.

• Helping Bereaved Parents (2004)
• Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth (2006)
• Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice (2012)
• The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook (2016)
• Posttraumatic Growth: Theory, Research and Application (2018)

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