Positive psychology and psychotherapy

Positive psychology and psychotherapy

by Martin Elias Pete Seligman, Victor Yalom, Randall C. Wyatt

Part of CED 610 (NU course)

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In this interview by Randall C. Wyatt, Dr. Seligman emphasizes that happiness is not just the absence of disorder, as "psychology as usual" might contend. Rather, happiness derives from an execution of our signature strengths. Seligman demonstrates a new set of rigorously tested interventions that lastingly increase happiness while decreasing depression. Seligman discusses his predecessors Maslow, Rogers, and Beck, what he took from them, and what he changed. He proposes new questions and explains how easy, enormously fun and important techniques can be grafted on to therapy with all clients to help them live a more engaged, meaningful, and thus happier life.

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    How does Seligman’s premise—that true happiness is more than simply the absence of mental illness—shift your traditional understanding of psychotherapy and emotional well-being?

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    In what ways have you personally observed the tension between "psychology as usual" (focusing on what is broken) and positive psychology (focusing on strengths) in your own life or in broader cultural attitudes toward mental health?

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    Seligman discusses building upon the foundations laid by predecessors like Maslow, Rogers, and Beck; which aspects of their psychological traditions do you think are most essential to preserve, and where do you think Seligman successfully charts new territory?

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