A Happier Balance: Positive Interventions for Intentional Well-Being in Psychotherapy

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Author(s): Daniel J. Tomasulo (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA & University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 21
Source title: Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3432-8.ch097

Keywords: Medical Diagnosis and Practice / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare / Physical & Occupational Therapy

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This chapter describes how intentional well-being interventions integrate the development of character strengths and activation of positive emotional resources while reducing risks and alleviating symptoms of depression and poor health. The emergence of these interventions reaches back nearly half a century and each layer of development has led to a more robust platform for implementing these approaches. Now, based on the evidence-based principles of positive psychology, these positive interventions help to cultivate hope through a more balanced approach to well-being than traditional deficit-oriented methods of psychotherapy. This chapter looks at the history of development of these interventions and their likely next phase of development.

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