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Positive Psychology Coaching

Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients
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Positive Psychology Coaching shifts psychological practice from a focus on pathology to one centred on strengths, aiming to help clients build on their existing capabilities to achieve greater happiness and fulfilment. It offers practical language and proven interventions to seamlessly incorporate positive psychology into mental health and coaching professions.
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This book is ideal for mental health professionals, coaches, and anyone interested in applying the science of happiness to support clients' personal growth and well-being.

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Positive psychology moves psychology from a medical model toward a strengths model to help clients shore up their strengths and thereby lead happier, more fulfilling lives. Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients provides concrete language and interventions for integrating positive psychology techniques into any mental health practice.

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Positive psychology moves psychology from a medical model toward a strengths model to help clients shore up their strengths and thereby lead happier, more fulfilling lives. Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients provides concrete language and interventions for integrating positive psychology techniques into any mental health practice.

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Praised for its approachable style and practical utility, it has been described as akin to receiving an introduction from knowledgeable and enthusiastic experts. Reviews highlight the book's erudite references and innovative ideas that challenge traditional psychoanalytic views, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to apply positive psychology in practice.

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ISBN: 9780470042465

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 May 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 163.0mm

Height: 239.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Robert Biswas-Diener, MS, holds a master's degree in clinical psychology from Pacific University and in 2005, founded Meridian Life Coaching, LC, to provide life coaching services to a wide range of academics and professionals, He is known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive psychology,"Β with his studies taking him to such far-flung destinations as Greenland, Spain, Kenya, Israel, and India, where he has worked with remote groups of people traditionally overlooked by researchers.

Ben Dean, PhD, MCC, is one of the most influential figures in the world of coaching. In 1997 he founded MentorCoach LLC, the first coach training school exclusively focused on training mental health professionals, which has trained thousands of clinicians and other mental health professionals throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. He also publishes several widely read e-newsletters, including Coaching Toward Happiness, Therapist as Coach, and eCoach.

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