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This text provides an autoethnographic qualitative study that portrays the author's recovery from a devastating life changing event - a car crash resulting in the hybrid diagnosis of TBI and PTSD, leading to PTG and identity transformation over a ten-year recovery period.
List of contents
Section I.Setting the Context. 1. Prelude of My Persona Pre-TBI. 2. Research Method of Autoethnography. Section II. Literature Review. 3. Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). 4. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). 5. Disability Culture and Disability Studies. Section III. Narrative: Journey of Recovery Post-TBI. 6. Years 1 and 2: Diagnosis. 7. Years 1 and 2: Loss of My Old Self. 8. Years 3 and 4: Neuropsychological Impairments and Altered Relationships. 9. Years 3 and 4: Life Coach & Begin Self-Discovery. 10. Years 3 and 4: Mental Health & Spiritual Decline. 11. Years 5 and 6: Self-Discovery & Community Integration. 12. Years 7 and Beyond: Valuing Life & Developing Wisdom. 13. Summary, Controversies & Clinical Implications. 14. References. 15. Appendix A: Externalized Thoughts Process Board/Map of My Dissertation. 16. Appendix B: Culture gram 1. Pre-Accident. 17. Appendix C: Culture gram 2. Two Years Post Accident. 18. Appendix D: Culture gram 3. Five Years Post Accident.
About the author
Dee Phyllis Genetti, PhD, LMHC, CTS is a psychologist with clinical expertise in trauma recovery. She is a civil rights advocate for equal rights/access and human dignity for persons with disabilities, a motivational speaker, author, producer and host of
Access Abilities with Dr. Dee and Marquis, and a member of the American Psychological Association.
Summary
This text provides an autoethnographic qualitative study that portrays the author’s recovery from a devastating life changing event - a car crash resulting in the hybrid diagnosis of TBI and PTSD, leading to PTG and identity transformation over a ten-year recovery period.
