As part of Post-Traumatic Growth and Film/Video-Based Therapy, each contributor has an individual author page that introduces themselves and the perspective they bring to the field. According to our most recent correspondence with the production team, these author pages are intended to serve as companion links in the book. I’m sharing them here so that: Contributors can easily find one another’s work, Readers (present and future) have a deeper context for each chapter. This community functions as a living extension of the book. Below are links to each contributor’s page. Feel free to add a brief comment under your link if you’d like to highlight an update, project, or reflection since publication. (This is an educational and professional space; links are shared for context, not promotion.) Contributor Pages — Companion Links for Post-Traumatic Growth and Film/Video-Based Therapy Below are the official author page links provided for each contributor in the book. These links provide background and professional context, supporting deeper engagement with each author’s work. Forewords Albert “Skip” Rizzo — Foreword🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/usc-keck-and-bravemind/ Lynn Crandall — Foreword🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/usc-keck-and-bravemind/ Introduction Joshua L. Cohen — Through the Lens of Healing🔗 https://www.routledge.com/authors/i13230-dr-joshua-cohen Chapters 1. Therapeutic Filmmaking for Posttraumatic Growth — Vignesh Vyas🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/therapeutic-filmmaking-for-post-traumaticgrowth/ 2. Filmmaking as an Alchemical Vessel in the Process of Art Therapy — Judyta Daria Potocka🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-2filmmaking-as-an-alchemicalvessel-in-the-process-of-arttherapy/ 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 & Paola Lamberti🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-3fear-of-the-future-now-personal-socialmedia-narratives-in-posttraumatic-growthand-eco-anxiety-among-gen-z-andmillennialsgaia-ardia-karim-farsakh-paola-lamberti/ 4. Eye Movement Therapy and Cinema — Mal Williamson🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-4eye-movement-therapy-and-cinema/ 5. Mourning with Musical Media: A Media Psychologist’s Experience and Analysis — Patrick E. McNabb🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-5-mourning-with-musical-media-a-mediapsychologists-experience-and-analysispatrick-e-mcnabbwith-additional-commentary-by-amethyst-mcnabb/ 6. Live Concerts and the Pathway toward Ventral Vagal Regulation — Joyce (Fangyu) Zhang🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-6live-concerts-and-the-pathway-towardventral-vagal-regulationjoyce-fangyu-zhang/ 7. Intimate Partner Violence, Posttraumatic Growth, and Creative Therapeutic Approaches — Anna Chiara Sabatino & Valeria Saladino🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-7intimate-partner-violence-post-traumaticgrowth-and-creative-therapeuticapproaches/ 8. Personal Cinema and Digital Self-Representation on the Therapeutic Set — Anna Chiara Sabatino🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-8-personal-cinema-and-digital-self-representation-on-the-therapeutic-set/ 9. Digital Media and Immersive Therapeutic Approaches in Interpersonal Violence and Trauma Processing — Anna Chiara Sabatino & Valeria Saladino🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-9-digital-media-and-trauma-processing/ 10. Participatory Video as a Psychosocial Intervention in Migratory Trauma: Theories and Practice — Alessandro Ciardi🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-10-participatory-video-as-a-psychosocialintervention-in-migratory-traumatheories-and-practicealessandro-ciardi/ 11. Posttraumatic Growth and Documentary Storytelling in Grillo — Dima Puchkarev🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-11-post-traumatic-growth-and-documentary/ 12. From Virtual Skies to Real-World Impact: The Evolution of 3D Simulations in Training and Gaming — Robert Salinas🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-12-from-virtual-skies-to-real-world-impactthe-evolution-of-3d-simulations-intraining-and-gamingrobert-salinas/ 13. Film As Therapy: The Healing Power of Story — Lidia Huerta🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-13film-as-therapy/ 14. Sounds of the Soul: Music, Resistance, and Healing — Lisa Whealy🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-14-sounds-of-the-soulmusic-resistance-and-healinglisa-whealy/ 15. Turning Trauma into Healing: Storytelling for Recovery — Lisa Regina🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-15turning-trauma-into-healingstorytelling-for-recoverylisa-regina/ 16. Experiencing Your Experience: The Cinematic Craft and Authentic Embodiment — Paul Petschek🔗 https://filmandvideobasedtherapy.com/chapter-16-experiencing-your-experiencethe-cinematic-craft-andauthentic-embodimentpaul-petschek/

As some of you know, our Skool space is growing alongside a forthcoming volume that many of you are directly contributing to—or deeply aligned with in spirit. The book explores how film, video, music, immersive media, and storytelling can move people beyond trauma toward posttraumatic growth, not just symptom reduction. It builds on Film/Video-Based Therapy and Trauma and expands the field into expressive arts, participatory media, and emerging technologies. The volume includes a foreword by Albert Skip Rizzo, whose work in virtual reality and trauma care has shaped global clinical practice, and a second foreword by Lynn Crandall, grounding the work in media psychology and cultural context. What excites me most is that this Skool community mirrors the table of contents—not as chapters, but as people in dialogue. 🔗 Threads You’re Already Sharing Here are just a few natural points of resonance I’m noticing across contributors and members here: - Therapeutic filmmaking & changework→ Mal Williamson’s chapter on Eye Movement Therapy and Cinema speaks directly to how film functions not just representationally, but neurologically and relationally. - Art therapy, embodiment & filmmaking as process→ Judyta Potocka’s work positions filmmaking as an alchemical vessel—deeply aligned with others here exploring embodied, arts-based research. - Language, narrative & contemporary anxiety→ The chapter by Gaia Ardia, Karim Farsakh, and Paola Lamberti on eco-anxiety and social media narratives opens questions about authorship, voice, and meaning in the digital age—questions many of you are already holding. - Music, sound & social resistance→ Lisa Whealy’s chapter on music, memory, and resistance resonates strongly with broader discussions here about equity, culture, and media as social intervention. - Survivor-led storytelling & recovery→ Lisa Regina’s chapter reflects a throughline in this community: lived experience shaping ethical, compassionate approaches to healing through story.