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Positive Psychology in Practice

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ISBN-10: 0471459062

ISBN-13: 9780471459064

Edition: 2004

Authors: P. Alex Linley, Stephen Joseph, Martin E. P. Seligman

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A thorough and up-to-date guide to putting positive psychology into practice From the Foreword: "This volume is the cutting edge of positive psychology and the emblem of its future." -Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Authentic Happiness Positive psychology is an exciting new orientation in the field, going beyond psychology's traditional focus on illness and pathology to look at areas like well-being and fulfillment. While the larger question of optimal human functioning is hardly new-Aristotle addressed it in his treatises on eudaimonia-positive psychology offers a common language on this subject to…    
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Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/11/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 792
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.388
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
The Applied Positive Psychology Perspective
Applied Positive Psychology: A New Perspective for Professional Practice
Historical and Philosophical Foundations
Positive Psychology: Historical, Philosophical, and Epistemological Perspectives
The Good Life, Broadly and Narrowly Considered
Values And Choices In Pursuit Of The Good Life
The Good Life or the Goods Life? Positive Psychology and Personal Well-Being in the Culture of Consumption
Value Pathways to Well-Being: Healthy Values, Valued Goal Attainment, and Environmental Congruence
Doing Better but Feeling Worse: The Paradox of Choice
Fostering Healthy Self-Regulation from Within and Without: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
Lifestyle Practices For Health And Well-Being
Achieving Sustainable New Happiness: Prospects, Practices, and Prescriptions
Physical Activity: Positive Psychology in Motion
Balancing Time Perspective in Pursuit of Optimal Functioning
Teaching And Learning: Methods And Processes
Teaching Students to Make Wise Judgments: The "Teaching for Wisdom" Program
Introducing Positive Psychology to the Introductory Psychology Student
Teaching Positive Psychology
Rescuing Our Heroes: Positive Perspectives on Upward Comparisons in Relationships, Education, and Work
Positive Psychology At Work
Leading Well: Transformational Leadership and Well-Being
trengths-Based Development in Practice
Positive and Creative Organization
Toward a Positive Psychology of Executive Coaching
Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, And Psychotherapy: A Positive Psychological Perspective
Positive Psychology and Health Psychology: A Fruitful Liaison
Toward a Positive Clinical Psychology: Deconstructing the Illness Ideology and Constructing an Ideology of Human Strengths and Potential
The Client: Psychotherapy's Missing Link for Promoting a Positive Psychology
Positive Therapy: A Positive Psychological Theory of Therapeutic Practice
Positive Psychology In The Consulting Room
Clinical Applications of Well-Being Therapy
Strategies for Accentuating Hope
A Clinical Approach to Posttraumatic Growth
ositive Psychology and Psychotherapy: An Existential Approach
Strengths Of Character In Practice
Classification and Measurement of Character Strengths: Implications for Practice (Chri