Description: The "BASIC Ph" model of coping and resiliency, developed by Prof. Mooli Lahad, was the first to describe coping as an on-going effort to manage life challenges. This is the first book to be published on this world-renowned approach, widely used as an effective resiliency assessment, intervention, and recovery model.
Brief description: Dr. Miri Shacham, PhD, is a senior educational counselor, lecturer and researcher of psychology and education at Ort Braude College, Israel. She is also a psychotrauma researcher at CSPC. Dr. Shacham served for many years as a trainer and consultant to school managers in the Ministry of Education advising on preparedness and coping with terror and war situations. She also developed school programs enhancing teacher and pupil coping resources for trauma after the Second Lebanon War.
Review Quotes: This volume's importance is that it opens theory to practice for the study, understanding, and promotion of resilience. We still know little about protecting and developing resilience and it is essential that we be open to an array of models that we develop, test, and refine. This volume offers both clinicians and researchers critical approaches for supporting and fostering people's strengths who are confronted with great adversity. We are at the beginning of this journey that will ultimately be one of mental health's fundamental contributions to humankind.--Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, The Judd and Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor and Chair, Behavioral Sciences, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois