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Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Carmel Proctor

    1. Positive Psychology Research Centre Ltd, Guernsey, United Kingdom

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  • The first volume to highlight recent advancements in positive psychology and its application into diverse fields
  • Offers valuable information to a wide range of professionals and students in the social and behavioural sciences
  • Covers discussion and presentation of relevant research, theories, and applications

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Positive Psychology Interventions: The First Intervention Is Our Self

    • Piers Worth
    Pages 1-12

  3. Erratum: Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice

    • Carmel Proctor
    Pages E1-E1

  4. Clinical and Focused Interventions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Positive CBT in Practice

      • Fredrike Bannink
      Pages 15-28

    3. Flourish: A Strengths-Based Approach to Building Student Resilience

      • Tayyab Rashid, Ruth Louden, Laurie Wright, Ron Chu, Aryel Maharaj, Irfan Hakim et al.
      Pages 29-45

    4. Active Ageing as Positive Intervention: Some Unintended Consequences

      • Vera Roos, Ronette Zaaiman
      Pages 47-63

    5. Fostering Humour

      • Willibald Ruch, Jennifer Hofmann
      Pages 65-80

  5. Education and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Well-Being and Well-Doing: Bringing Mindfulness and Character Strengths to the Early Childhood Classroom and Home

      • Thomas J. Lottman, Sarah Zawaly, Ryan Niemiec
      Pages 83-105

    3. Applying Positive Psychology in the Primary School: Celebrating Strengths, a UK Well-Being Project

      • Jenny Fox Eades, Judith Gray
      Pages 107-121

    4. Transforming Our Schools Together: A Multi-School Collaboration to Implement Positive Education

      • Denise M. Quinlan
      Pages 123-142

    5. Fostering Positive Changes in Health and Social Relationships in Children

      • Mariana Lozada, Natalia Carro, Marcela Kapelmayer, Viviana Kelmanowicz, Andrea Czar, Paola D’Adamo
      Pages 143-161

    6. Learning Healthy Relationships

      • Sue Roffey
      Pages 163-181

  6. Workplaces, Technology, and Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Positive Psychology at Work: Research and Practice

      • Suzy Green, Olivia Evans, Belinda Williams
      Pages 185-206

    3. Applying Positive Organisational Scholarship to Produce Extraordinary Performance

      • Jandi Kelly, Kim Cameron
      Pages 207-217

    4. Positive Technologies for Improving Health and Well-Being

      • Cristina Botella, Rosa Maria Banos, Veronica Guillen
      Pages 219-234

    5. How Design Can (Not) Support Human Flourishing

      • Anna E. Pohlmeyer
      Pages 235-255

    6. How Can Positive Psychology Influence Public Policy and Practice?

      • Roger G. Tweed, Eric Mah, Madeline Dobrin, Rachel Van Poele, Lucian Gideon Conway III
      Pages 257-271
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About this book

This book presents recent advancements in positive psychology, specifically its application across broad areas of current interest. Chapters include submissions from various international authors in the field and cover discussion and presentation of relevant research, theories, and applications. The volume covers topics such as CBT, Psychotherapy, Coaching, Workplaces, Aging, Education, Leadership, Emotion, Interventions, Measurement, Technology, Design, Health, Relationships, Experiences, Communities.   With the growing interest in the applications of positive psychology across diverse fields within psychology and beyond, this book will make a worthwhile contribution to the field. It will also fill the current need for a volume that highlights specifically the various recent advancements in positive psychology into diverse fields and as such will be of benefit to a wide range of professionals, including psychologists, educators, clinicians, therapists, and many others.

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“Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice, therefore, succeeds in presenting a broad range of interesting (and sometimes innovative) positive psychology applications from a range of countries … . It is a useful toolbox of ideas, techniques, programs, and tools (both simple and high tech) for those who wish to apply positive psychology in the real world. … Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice is a useful collection of ideas, techniques, programs, and tools for applying positive psychology in practice.” (Angela Mouton, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (31), August, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Positive Psychology Research Centre Ltd, Guernsey, United Kingdom

    Carmel Proctor

About the editor

Carmel Laura Proctor completed a Certificate in Liberal Arts in 1996 and a BA in Psychology in 1998 at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada and an MA in Measurement Evaluation and Research Methodology in 2002 at the University of British Columbia, Canada. In 2011 she completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK. My research interests are primarily in the areas of positive psychology, applied positive psychology, values, character, personality, existential psychology, and well-being. In general, the main focus of her work has centered on adolescent and youth life satisfaction and well-being, specifically the application of positive psychological theory in the enhancement of these variables.

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