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Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations

Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations
  • Edited by Karen Golden-Biddle, and Jane E. Dutton.

Published March 2012

How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and…
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The Human Quest for Meaning

Theories, Research, and Applications

The Human Quest for Meaning
  • Edited by Paul T. P. Wong.

Published February 2012

The first edition of The Human Quest for Meaning was a major publication on the empirical research of meaning in life and its vital role in well-being, resilience, and psychotherapy. This new edition continues that quest and seeks to answer the questions, what is the meaning of life? How do we…
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The Importance of Suffering

The Value and Meaning of Emotional Discontent

The Importance of Suffering
  • By James Davies.

Published November 2011

In this book James Davies considers emotional suffering as part and parcel of what it means to live and develop as a human being, rather than as a mental health problem requiring only psychiatric, antidepressant or cognitive treatment. This book therefore offers a new perspective on emotional…
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The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology

Activities, Exercises, and Handouts

The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology
  • By Bill O'Hanlon, and Bob Bertolino.

Published July 2011

How can psychotherapists apply the wealth of recent research in Positive Psychology to their clinical work to help their clients change in positive directions? Bill O’Hanlon, who originated Solution-Oriented Therapy in the early 1980s, and Bob Bertolino, an experienced clinician, build the bridge…
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Positive Psychology

The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths

Positive Psychology
  • By Alan Carr.

Published June 2011

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the scientific study of the role of personal strengths and positive social systems…
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Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2

A Positive Psychology Approach

Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2
  • By Richard W. Levak, Liza Siegel and David S. Nichols.
  • Contributions by Ron A. Stolberg.

Published March 2011

Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to…
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Happiness and Well-being

Happiness and Well-being
  • Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, and P. Alex Linley.

Published March 2011

Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has come from a variety of academic…
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Applied Positive Psychology

Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society

Applied Positive Psychology
  • Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura.

Published February 2011

Positive Psychology has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. Emerging research in this area is suggesting new strategies for improving everyday life, healthcare, education systems, organizations and work life, and societies across the globe. This book will be of interest to all…
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Doing Something Different

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Practices

Doing Something Different
  • Edited by Thorana S. Nelson.

Published May 2010

Many books on solution-focused brief therapy provide histories, overviews, and uses of the approach. Doing Something Different does not do any of those things. Instead, it provides those interested in the solution-focused approach with a plethora of ideas for practice, training, and simply enjoying…
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The Joy of Work?

Jobs, Happiness, and You

The Joy of Work?
  • By Peter Warr, and Guy Clapperton.

Published September 2009

Are you happy at work? Or do you just grin and bear it? We spend an average of 25% of our lives at work, so it’s important to make the best of it. The Joy of Work? looks at happiness and unhappiness from a fresh perspective. It draws on up-to-date research from around the world to present the…
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