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The Wiley Handbook of Positive Clinical Psychology
Edited by the founder of the field, this is the first handbook on positive clinical psychology--a revolutionary approach that places equal importance on both the positive and negative aspects of mental health and well-being.The first handbook on positive clinical psychology, a revolutionary approach that places equal importance on the positive and negative aspects of mental health and well-being Brings together new work from authorities in positive psychology and clinical psychology to offer an integrated examination of well-being as it relates to personality, psychopathology, psychological treatments, and more Discusses theory, research, and practice across a broad range of topics such as optimism, positive affect, well-being therapy, childhood well-being, evolutionary perspectives, and clinical implementation Contains essential information for researchers, instructors and practitioners in clinical psychology, positive psychology, mental health, and well-being in general
512 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 6, 2016
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October 16, 2019
This is a gem of a book that successfully bridges the disciplines of positive psychology and traditional focus of clinical psychology on 'negative' phenomena.
The book is intended for a clinical practitioner, educating them as to why positive psychology approaches need to be integrated and what exactly they are in a therapeutic context. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters summarize how integration is possible between say risk and resilience or between positive affect and negative affect or whether it even makes sense to talk in terms of these dichotomies or whether its better to consider them as bipolar poles on a continuum.
The chapters address both psycho-pathological processes as well as normal personality processes as applicable in therapeutic context and more specifically focuses on various therapies like PPT, WBT, ACT, Schema Therapy, QOLT etc and how they are leveraging both positive psychology and traditional psychology concepts .
Overall it was a very enriching experience reading this book- made me think deeply about certain things and I cannot recommend it more to either positive psychologists with an applied bent or clinical psychologists in general.
The book is intended for a clinical practitioner, educating them as to why positive psychology approaches need to be integrated and what exactly they are in a therapeutic context. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters summarize how integration is possible between say risk and resilience or between positive affect and negative affect or whether it even makes sense to talk in terms of these dichotomies or whether its better to consider them as bipolar poles on a continuum.
The chapters address both psycho-pathological processes as well as normal personality processes as applicable in therapeutic context and more specifically focuses on various therapies like PPT, WBT, ACT, Schema Therapy, QOLT etc and how they are leveraging both positive psychology and traditional psychology concepts .
Overall it was a very enriching experience reading this book- made me think deeply about certain things and I cannot recommend it more to either positive psychologists with an applied bent or clinical psychologists in general.
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