1st Edition

Post-Traumatic Growth and Film/Video-Based Therapy Cultivating Resilience Through Storytelling and Media Psychology

Edited By Joshua L. Cohen Copyright 2026
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the transformative potential of film and video as tools for fostering posttraumatic growth and emotional healing. It features a foreword by Albert “Skip” Rizzo, PhD, a pioneering VR psychologist and global authority on trauma care. Building on the framework introduced in the landmark text Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma , this book moves survivors beyond symptom relief... Read more

Foreword by Albert “Skip” Rizzo

Foreword by Lynn Crandall

Introduction: Through the Lens of Healing

Joshua L. Cohen

1 Therapeutic Filmmaking for Posttraumatic Growth

Vignesh Vyas

2 Filmmaking as an Alchemical Vessel in the Process of Art Therapy

Judyta Daria Potocka

3 Fear of the Future, Now: Personal Social Media Narratives in Posttraumatic Growth and “Eco-Anxiety” among Gen Z and Millennials

Gaia Ardia, Karim Farsakh, and Paola Lamberti

4 Eye Movement Therapy and Cinema

Mal Williamson

5 Mourning with Musical Media: A Media Psychologist’s Experience and Analysis

Patrick E. McNabb

6 Live Concerts and the Pathway toward Ventral Vagal Regulation

Joyce (Fangyu) Zhang

7 Intimate Partner Violence, Posttraumatic Growth, and Creative Therapeutic Approaches

Anna Chiara Sabatino and Valeria Saladino

8 Personal Cinema and Digital Self-Representation on the Therapeutic Set

Anna Chiara Sabatino

9 Digital Media and Immersive Therapeutic Approaches in Interpersonal Violence and Trauma Processing

Anna Chiara Sabatino and Valeria Saladino

10 Participatory Video as a Psychosocial Intervention in Migratory Trauma: Theories and Practice

Alessandro Ciardi

11 Posttraumatic Growth and Documentary Storytelling in Grillo

Dima Puchkarev

12 From Virtual Skies to Real-World Impact: The Evolution of 3D Simulations in Training and Gaming

Robert Salinas

13 Film As Therapy: The Healing Power of Story

Lidia Huerta

14 Sound of the Soul: Music, Memory, and Social Resistance

Lisa Whealy

15 Turning Trauma into Healing: Storytelling for Recovery

Lisa Regina

16 Experiencing Your Experience: The Cinematic Craft and Authentic Embodiment

Paul Petschek

Biography

Joshua L. Cohen is clinically trained as a researcher from Pacifica Graduate Institute and Walden University and is the founder and CEO of Your Digital Storytelling Project in Los Angeles, CA, USA.