Positive Psychology Coaching Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients
by Biswas-Diener, Robert; Dean, BenEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-04-20
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Finding the best in people and inspiring them to focus on their strengths and live out their potential is one of the fundamental principles behind positive psychology. Written by respected researcher Robert Biswas-Diener and renowned coach Ben Dean-both established experts in possitive psychology-Positive Psychology Coaching is an accessible new guide designed to help you learn how to put positive psychology into practice to motivate, manage, and empower others to set and meet their personal goals, and to live happier, more meaningful lives.
Author Biography
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," 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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| The Coaching Paradox and the Positive Psychology Solution | p. 1 |
| Happiness and Positivity | |
| Happiness: The Goal We Rarely Talk About | p. 25 |
| Choosing Happiness: Goals, Relationships, and Positive Thinking | p. 59 |
| Solid Happiness Interventions | p. 89 |
| Character Strengths | |
| Strengths Coaching | p. 117 |
| Coaching to Personal Strengths | p. 143 |
| Coaching to Social Strengths | p. 165 |
| Special Topics in Positive Psychology Coaching | |
| Helping Clients Craft the Perfect Job | p. 189 |
| The Future of Positive Psychology Coaching | p. 209 |
| Planning Positive Psychology Coaching Sessions | p. 221 |
| Notes | p. 231 |
| Index | p. 251 |
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