Restoration Psychology Institute™
Mission
The Restoration Psychology Institute exists to advance the scholarly development of Restoration Psychology® through research, theory development, publication, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Institute is committed to building a rigorous theoretical foundation for understanding the psychological, relational, and environmental processes through which individuals move from adversity toward restoration and human flourishing while translating scholarship into meaningful educational resources and practical application.
Vision
The Restoration Psychology Institute envisions Restoration Psychology® as a recognized area of psychological scholarship that advances scientific understanding of the psychological, relational, and environmental processes through which individuals move from adversity toward restoration and human flourishing.
Through continued scholarship, research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and education, the Institute envisions a future in which Restoration Psychology® contributes to psychological science, higher education, professional practice, and interdisciplinary dialogue surrounding restoration and human flourishing.
Why Restoration Psychology®?
Adversity is a universal part of the human experience. While decades of scholarship in trauma, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and positive psychology have advanced our understanding of human adaptation and human flourishing, important questions remain regarding the processes through which individuals move beyond surviving adversity toward enduring restoration.
Restoration Psychology® was developed to explore these questions. Building upon established scholarship in positive psychology, resilience, trauma, developmental psychology, and related areas of psychological science, it examines the psychological, relational, and environmental processes through which restoration unfolds and how those processes may be better understood, studied, and intentionally supported.
The Restoration Psychology Institute advances this growing body of scholarship through research, theory development, publication, education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the translation of scholarship into meaningful educational resources and practical application.
Areas of Scholarly Inquiry
Restoration Psychology® integrates insights from multiple areas of psychological science while contributing to a deeper understanding of restoration following adversity. The Institute's scholarship currently focuses on several interconnected areas of inquiry that together advance the scientific study of restoration and human flourishing.
Research Areas
Latest Publications
Current Initiatives
The Restoration Psychology Institute is advancing a growing body of scholarship, educational resources, and practical frameworks that support the scientific study and application of restoration across diverse settings.
Restoration Psychology®
Examines the psychological, relational, and environmental processes through which individuals move from adversity toward restoration and human flourishing.
RESTORE™ Practical Framework
A practical framework that translates the principles of Restoration Psychology® into intentional strategies for personal and professional settings.
5R Restoration Model®
The foundational framework of Restoration Psychology®, describing the intentional progression through five interconnected phases of restoration.
Restoration Guidebook™
An educational resource in development that guides individuals through the principles and practices of restoration.
Restoration Assessment Suite™
A growing collection of assessments designed to support self-reflection, education, research, and practical application.
Publications & Research
Publications, conference presentations, and scholarly work advancing the scientific study of restoration.
Research Foundation
Restoration Psychology® is grounded in established psychological science and continues to advance through ongoing scholarly inquiry. Building upon scholarship in resilience, identity development, adversity, positive psychology, human flourishing, and related areas of psychological science, the Institute is expanding understanding of the psychological, relational, and environmental processes through which individuals move from adversity toward restoration.
As the field continues to evolve, the Institute remains committed to advancing Restoration Psychology® through rigorous scholarship, theory development, assessment development, publications, conference presentations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Collaboration
The Restoration Psychology Institute welcomes opportunities for scholarly collaboration with researchers, faculty, graduate students, educators, clinicians, nonprofit leaders, and organizations interested in advancing the scientific study of restoration and human flourishing.
Collaborative opportunities include interdisciplinary research, conference presentations, scholarly publications, assessment development and validation, educational initiatives, and grant-funded research that contribute to the continued advancement of Restoration Psychology®.