"How did you do it?"
This question is at the heart of our research and publications on resilience. We have posed it to many people who have overcome considerable hardship. Each has pulled a gratifying, constructive life out of the fires of violence, drug or substance abuse, racism, poverty, abuse, neglect, bitter divorce, and/or family disruption.
In telling us about their remarkable achievement, each of the participants in our research reviewed the efforts they were still making to overcome the ravages of the past. They also told us what they had done to help themselves as children and adolescents.
By analyzing their stories, we developed the core concepts that are the hallmark of the Project Resilience approach to working with people's strengths. These are as follows:
You can learn more about the core concepts by clicking on them. If this is your first time here, we recommend that you go in order.- Vocabulary of Strengths: The Seven Resiliencies
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