Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington and the Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Social Work degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.In 2010, Praeger Press published his books on workaholism and retirement and another on mature love. In 2009, Praeger Press published his book A Simple Guide to Retirement (with Brian Haas). Elsevier, Inc. published his books Evidence-Based Practice with Troubled Children and Adolescents: A Psychosocial Perspective and, Evidence Based Counseling and Psychotherapy with an Aging Population, also in 2009. In 2008 he published A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. In 2006 he published Life Lessons from Resilient People, published by Sage Publications. He published Working with Troubled Men: A Practitioner’s Guide for Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers in 2005 and Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice in 2004 for Sage Publications. In 2003 he published Violent Young Children, and Understanding and Using the Strengths Perspective for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers. Dr. Glicken published two books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2002: The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime (with Dale Sechrest) and, A Simple Guide to Social Research.Dr Glicken has published over 50 articles in professional journals and has written extensively on personnel issues for Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal. He has held clinical social work licenses in Alabama and Kansas and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino and Executive Director of the Institute for Personal Growth: A Research, Treatment, and Training Institute in Prescott, Arizona offering consulting services in counseling, research, and management. More information about Dr. Glicken may be obtained on his website: www.morleyglicken.com. A listing of all of his books may be found on Amazon.com at: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/v/1973805540 and he can be contacted by email at: mglicken@msn.com.

"The research presented in this book is comprehensive, and it is obvious that the author is very well versed in the area of positive psychology. A definite strength of this book, and one that I think instructors and students will find particularly helpful, are the several case studies presented throughout the test, usually at the end of each chapter. These compelling case studies illustrate the concepts the are discussed in each chapter in vivid and real-world fashion."

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART I: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM RESILIENT PEOPLECh 1: Understanding ResilienceDefinitions of ResilienceAttributes of Resilient PeopleCoping With Stress as an Additional Aspect of ResilienceExamples of Resilient Responses of Traumatized AdolescentsSummaryPART II: HOW RESILIENT PEOPLE USE CULTURE, SPIRITUALITY, AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONINGCh 2: Resilience and the Impact of Spiritual and Religious Beliefs on Health and Mental HealthThe Impact of Spirituality and Religious Involvement on Health and Mental HealthA Story About an Abusive Relationship That Ended After a Religious ConversionLessons to Be Learned From This StoryWhy Religious and Spiritual Involvement May Lead to ResilienceA Story About the Impact of Religious Differences on an Intimate RelationshipLessons to Be Learned From This StoryShould Issues of Religion and Spirituality Be Included in Our Work With Clients?SummaryCh 3: Helping Others as an Attribute of ResilienceIndigenous HelpersExamples of Indigenous HelpersSelf-Help Groups and Indigenous HelpersAttributes of Indigenous HelpersA Story of an Indigenous HelperA Story About an Indigenous Helper Starting a Self-Help GroupSummaryCh 4: The Powerful Helping Impulse of Our Cultural Heritage: Examples From Three Ethnic GroupsResilience in LatinosIntroductionHow Latino Cultures Cope With Social and Emotional ProblemsThe Importance of Cultural Metaphors (Dichos) in Latino LifeA Focus on FeelingsCultural Issues That Affect Latino ResilienceA Story About How a Resilient Latina Copes With LifeLessons to be Learned From This StoryResilience in African AmericansHow Resilient African Americans Cope With LifeA Story About Abandonment by a FatherAnother Story About AbandonmentLessons to be Learned From These StoriesResilience in Ethnically Traditional Asian Americans (With Steven Ino)The Collective SelfThe Importance of Family and Social HarmonyWhen Asian Americans′ Resilience FailsIssues That Test ResilienceA Story About James and Lisa, a Bicultural CoupleAn Interview With James and LisaSummaryPART III: EXAMPLES OF RESILIENCE ACROSS AREAS OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DIFFICULTYCh 5: How Resilient People Cope With Substance AbuseThe Extent of the ProblemThe Research on Resilience in Coping With Drug and Alcohol AbuseA Story of Family Resilience and Alcohol AbuseLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story of a Baseball Player and Attorney Jailed Because of Drug and Alcohol AbuseLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story About an Adolescent Substance AbuserLessons to Be Learned From This StoryA Story About Recovery From Substance AbuseLessons to Be Learned From This StorySummaryCh 6: How Resilient People Cope With Mental IllnessThe Extent and Impact of Mental IllnessTraditional Treatments of Mental Illness: A Research ReviewEvidence of Resilience in People Diagnosed as Mentally IllA Story of a Spontaneous Remission From Mental IllnessAn Interview With the StorytellerA Story About Long-Term Emotional ProblemsSummaryCh 7: How Resilient Children Cope With AbuseResilience in Abused ChildrenA Story of a Child Coping With Abusive ParentsLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story of a Resilient Child Coping With AdulthoodLessons to be Learned From This StoryFactors Predicting Resilience in Abused ChildrenBiological FactorsPsychological FactorsFactors Within the FamilyFactors Outside the FamilySummaryCh 8: How Resilient People Cope With Life-Threatening Illness, Disabilities, and BereavementCoping With Serious IllnessA Story of a Resilient Woman Coping With Breast CancerFurther Thoughts of the StorytellerLessons to be Learned From This StoryCoping With Serious Illness: Another ViewCoping With BereavementCoping With the Death of a Loved OneA Story About the Death of Family MembersLessons to Be Learned From This StoryCoping With DisabilitiesA Case Study of Jack, a Man Coping With a DisabilityJack′s Behavioral ChartSummaryCh 9: Resilience in Older AdultsCoping With Problems Related to AgingLate Life Depression: The Case of Primo LeviA Story of Resilience in AgingLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Case Study of Resilience in a Depressed Older MaleDiscussion of the CaseA Case Study of a Depressed Older Female With a Substance Abuse ProblemDiscussion of the CaseSummaryCh 10. Resilience in Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) IndividualsHarassment, Homophobia, and VulnerabilityGLBT ResilienceA Story About a First Awareness of Being GayLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story About Coming OutLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story About Confronting HomophobiaLessons to Be Learned From This StorySummaryCh 11. How Resilient People Cope With Loneliness, Isolation, and DepressionWhy Resilient People Sometimes Experience Loneliness, Isolation, and DepressionThe Prevalence of DepressionThe Nature of Loneliness and DepressionThe Treatment of Loneliness and DepressionA Story About Loneliness and IsolationLessons to Be Learned From This StoryA Story About Loneliness in the Company of OthersThe Storyteller′s Self-AnalysisSummaryCh 12. Family ResilienceThe Changing American FamilyA Small Sample View of Family Life in AmericaStories About Family LifeWhat These Stories Say About Family LifeCharacteristics of Family ResilienceA Story About a Resilient Immigrant FamilyLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story That Needs No ExplanationSummaryReferencesCh 13: How Resilient People Cope With Acts of Random ViolenceDebriefingResponses of Resilient People to ViolenceA Story About Random ViolenceLessons to be Learned From This StoryA Story About a Resilient Woman Coping With an Act of TerrorismThe Storyteller′s Self-AnalysisSummaryCh 14: Resilient CommunitiesResilience and Healthy Community LifeA Resilient Community Deals with Youth ViolenceA Story of a Resilient Community Constructing a Violence Treatment ProgramThe Results of the Program: An Interview With Members of the City CouncilA Story About a Resilient Community Coping With a Devastating FloodSummaryPART IV: PRACTICE IMPLICATIONSCh 15: The Primary Behaviors of Resilient People: Application of Findings to PracticeThe Attributes of Resilient People and Practice RecommendationsAdditional Attributes of Resilient PeopleA Story About a Young Worker Finding Resilience in His ClientsFinal WordsReferencesAbout the Author