George Bonanno
2021-10-21
Trauma & Resilience

George Bonanno || The New Science of Resilience

In this episode, I talk to George Bonanno about trauma and resiliency. We start off by discussing what people get wrong about trauma and how this led to the invention of the PTSD diagnosis. George defines what resilience is, how it’s different from growth, and its paradoxical correlation to individual differences. Finally, he elaborates on how the flexibility mindset and sequence help us get through personal traumatic events or global tragedies like 9/11 or the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bio

Dr. George Bonanno is a professor of psychology, chair of the department of counseling in clinical psychology, and director of the Loss, Trauma, and Emotion Lab at Teachers College Columbia University. He’s the author of The Other Side of Sadness and The End of Trauma.

Website: www.tc.columbia.edu/LTElab/

Twitter: @giorgiobee

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George Bonanno

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George A. Bonanno is an American clinical psychologist and a professor of clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he directs the Loss, Trauma, and Emotion Lab. He is an internationally recognized expert on resilience and the author of The Other Side of Sadness and The End of Trauma.

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