Introduction to This Workbook

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Negative Memories ◽  
Three Phases

Abstract: Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is a therapeutic approach that attempts to counteract symptoms with strengths, weaknesses with virtues, and deficits with skills. The human brain pays more attention and responds more strongly to negatives than to positives, and PPT helps by teaching us to build our positives. PPT practices help to assess our strengths from multiple perspectives, followed by a series of practices that help to develop “practical wisdom.” PPT is divided into three phases: (a) focuses on helping us come up with a balanced narrative by exploring our strengths from multiple perspectives; (b) focuses on building positive emotions and dealing with negative memories, experiences, and feelings; and (c) focuses on exploring positive relationships and strengthening the processes that nurture these relationships.

Sessions, Practices, and the Therapeutic Process

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Therapeutic Efficacy ◽  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Relationship Motivation ◽  
Three Phases

This chapter introduces the generic positive psychotherapy (PPT) session structure and provides an overall orientation to PPT. The nuts and bolts of PPT, in terms of its 14 sessions, broadly parsed in three phases are described. The factors that support therapeutic process including ground rules, confidentiality, relaxation, therapeutic relationship, motivation, active engagement, and process of change and installing hope is also described. The chapter is underscore that PPT is an evidence based therapeutic approach. Throughout the course of treatment, ways to monitor progression including therapeutic efficacy, potential deterioration, changes in client-activity fit due to situational dynamics, and ways to prevent relapse are also highlighted.

EEG-Analysis for the Detection of True Emotion or Pretension

2015 ◽  
pp. 283-298
Author(s):  
Reshma Kar ◽  
Amit Konar ◽  
Aruna Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Open Problem ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Eeg Analysis ◽  
Neural Connectivity ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Emotional Context ◽  
Decoding Accuracy

Several lobes in the human brain are involved differently in the arousal, processing and manifestation of emotion in facial expression, vocal intonation and gestural patterns. Sometimes people suppress their bodily manifestations to pretend their emotions. Detection of emotion and pretension is an open problem in emotion research. The chapter presents an analysis of EEG signals to detect true emotion/pretension: first by extracting the neural connectivity among selected brain lobes during arousal and manifestation of a true emotion, and then by testing whether the connectivity among the lobes are maintained while encountering an emotional context. In case the connectivity is manifested, the arousal of emotion is regarded as true emotion, otherwise it is considered as a pretension. Experimental results confirm that for positive emotions, the decoding accuracy of true (false) emotions is as high as 88% (72%), while for negative emotions, the classification accuracy falls off by a 12% margin for true emotions and 8% margin for false emotions. The proposed method has wide-spread applications to detect criminals, frauds and anti-socials.

Session Twelve: Positive Relationships

2018 ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Negativity Bias ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Psychotherapy Practice

Positive relationships come in many forms, including family. Biological or otherwise, all family members possess strengths and resources. Due to negative attributions and the negativity bias, these strengths may be less prominent. In Session Twelve, clients learn the significance of recognizing the strengths of their loved ones. The central positive psychotherapy practice covered in this session is creating a Tree of Positive Relationships.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN KINERJA OTAK DENGAN SPIRITUALITAS MANUSIA DIUKUR DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN INDONESIA SPIRITUAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT PADA DOSEN STAIN MANADO

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitria Angraini Dalili ◽  
Taufiq F. Pasiak ◽  
Sunny Wangko
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: Neuroscience is a science about the nervous system especially the brain. According to Daniel Amen who used SPECT to watch brain activity that was associated with the soul, brain was  divided into five main systems: prefrontal cortex, limbic system, ganglia basalis, gyrus cingulatus, and temporal lobe. A person’s spirituality is related to the purpose and meaning of his/her life as a manifestation of one’s relationship with God. Spirituality has four dimensions, namely the meaning of life, positive emotions, spiritual experiences and rituals. In Indonesia, Indonesia Spiritual Health Assessment (ISHA) is used to assess a person’s spirituality. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship of spirituality with the human brain among Manado STAIN lecturers. This was a descriptive analytic study with 30 respondents. The results were analyzed by using the Spearmen correlation analysis. There was a significant correlation between the performance of the human brain and spirituality, in this case the relationship was between the prefrontal cortex and the meaning of life. Conclusion: There was a strong relationship between the human brain and spirituality. Keywords: brain, ISHA, spirituality.  Abstrak: Neurosains adalah ilmu yang mempelajari tentang semua hal yang berkaitan dengan sistem saraf, dalam hal ini otak. Daniel Amen yang menggunakan SPECT dalam mengamati aktivitas otak yang berhubungan dengan jiwa, membagi otak ke dalam lima sistem utama: cortex prefrontalis, sistem limbik, ganglia basalis, gyrus cingulatus, dan lobus temporalis. Spiritualitas seseorang berkaitan dengan tujuan dan makna hidup kehidupan secara keseluruhan, sebagai manifestasi hubungannya dengan Tuhan. Spiritualitas mempunyai empat dimensi yaitu makna hidup, emosi positif, pengalaman spiritual, dan ritual. Di Indonesia, alat ukur spiritual yang digunakan yaitu Indonesia Spiritual Health Assessment (ISHA). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan kinerja otak dengan spiritualitas manusia pada dosen STAIN Manado. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif analitik dengan jumlah responden 30 orang. Hasil penelitian dianalisis dengan analisis korelasi Spearmen yang menunjukkan adanya korelasi bermakna antara kinerja otak dan spiritualitas manusia, dalam hal ini hubungan antara cortex prefrontalis dan makna hidup. Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan bermakna antara kinerja otak dan spiritualitas manusia. Kata kunci: otak, ISHA, spiritualitas.

Multiple Perspectives for the Study of Teaching

2013 ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Salloum
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Moral Knowledge ◽  
Sociocultural Perspective ◽  
Multiple Perspectives

This chapter outlines a framework that characterizes science teachers’ practical-moral knowledge utilizing the Aristotelian concept of phronesis/practical wisdom. The meaning of phronesis is further explicated and its relevance to science education are outlined utilizing a virtue-based view of knowledge and practical hermeneutics. First, and to give a background, assumptions about teacher knowledge from a constructivist and sociocultural perspective are outlined. Second, the Aristotelian notion of phronesis (practical wisdom) is explicated, especially in terms of how it differs from other characterizations of practical knowledge in science education and how it relates to practical-moral knowledge. Finally, the authors discuss how the very nature of such practical-moral knowledge makes it ambiguous and hard to articulate, and therefore, a hermeneutic model that explores teachers’ practical-moral knowledge indirectly by investigating teachers’ commitments, interpretations, actions, and dialectic interactions is outlined. Implications for research and teacher education are outlined. Empirical examples are used to demonstrate certain points. A virtue-based view of knowledge is not meant to replace others, but as a means to enrich the understandings of the complexity of teacher knowledge and to enhance the effectiveness of teacher educators.

The Centrality of Character Strengths and How to Use Them in Positive Psychotherapy

2018 ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Critical Aspect ◽  
Presenting Problems ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Systematic Assessment

Character strengths are universal traits that are valued in their own right and do not necessarily lead to instrumental outcomes. Throughout the course of positive psychotherapy, the clinician actively looks for events, experiences, and expressions of strengths in the lives of clients. These may manifest through abilities, skills, talents, capacities, and aptitudes that can be nurtured in order to cope with and potentially buffer against psychological disorders. The most critical aspect of a strengths-based therapeutic approach is a contextualized use of strengths, which keeps presenting problems and symptoms front and center. Strengths can be assessed early in the therapeutic process. Systematic assessment of character strengths, in addition to symptoms, will enrich clinical understanding.

Positive Psychotherapy

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Psychiatric Distress ◽  
The Impact

Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is an emerging therapeutic approach that is broadly based on the principles of positive psychology (PP). PP studies the conditions and processes that enable individuals, communities, and institutions to flourish. PPT is the clinical or therapeutic arm of PP. PPT integrates symptoms with strengths, risks with resources and deficits with assets. Without dismissing the severity psychiatric distress, or naively minimizing clients’ genuine concerns, PPT identifies and teaches clients evidence-based skills which use their best resources to meet their toughest challenges. Specifically, PPT helps clients to translate their cognitive, emotional, social and cultural strengths into goal-oriented, purposeful and pragmatic actions and habits, which aim to reduce their psychiatric distress as well as enhance their well-being. A strengths-based approach such as PPT can improve the effectiveness of psychotherapy by expanding the scope of psychotherapy, broadening beyond the medical model, expanding the outcome of psychotherapy, and attenuating the impact on the clinician.

Major Techniques and Interventions

2017 ◽  
pp. 41-72
Author(s):  
Collie W. Conoley ◽  
Michael J. Scheel
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Nonverbal Communication ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Therapeutic Techniques ◽  
Direct Guidance

This chapter present the techniques and interventions of Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy (GFPP). Highlighted are the therapist’s intentions to emphasize the client’s strengths and to facilitate the expression of positive emotions, hope, and goals while focusing on the therapeutic alliance. Psychotherapy is not viewed as a set of potent scripted treatments that act upon the client. The therapeutic techniques include nonverbal communication, mirroring, open and closed questions, paraphrase and reflection, challenge, summarizing, empathy, interpretation, self-disclosure, immediacy, information giving, and direct guidance. The interventions include capitalization, self-affirmation, formula-first-session-task, reframing, success-finding, encouragement, visualizing success, miracle question, scaling questions, best-possible-self, count your blessings, self-compassion, and mindfulness. The practitioner is urged to use GFPP’s theoretical model to guide the treatment intentions and use any techniques and interventions that fit with the client and the GFPP model.

Introducing Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Collie W. Conoley ◽  
Michael J. Scheel
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
Client Strengths

This chapter provides an overview of the philosophy and foundational premises of Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy. Goal Focused Positive Psychotherapy is described as a comprehensive psychotherapy model built primarily upon positive psychology principles to optimize well-being, which diminishes the effects of psychological distress. The theory of change is the Broaden-and-Build Theory of positive emotions. The therapeutic process promotes client strengths, hope, and positive emotions in order to assist the client in attaining goals, making growth toward goals in psychotherapy and life more enjoyable. Issues of ethics, psychological metaphor, therapeutic alliance, client context, and a case example of a client with posttraumatic stress disorder are presented.

scholarly journals Positive psychotherapy training on self-acceptance and positive relationships among female students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-179
Author(s):  
Bagher Kayedkhordeh ◽  
Seyed Saeid Mousavi ◽  
Mansour Abdi
Keyword(s):  
Psychotherapy Training ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Covariance Analysis ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Positive Interventions ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Positive Impression ◽  
Self Acceptance

Positive interventions, which focus on the positive aspects and strengths of people, are relatively new types of interventions in psychology. The purpose of this research is to make a positive impression of psychotherapy on psychological welfare of students of Payame Noor University in Dezful. Therefore, about 28 students were selected and assigned in control and experimental groups by random replacement. Instrument riffs and hypotheses were studied by covariance analysis study extraversion. The research hypothesises have been studied by using covariance analysis. The results showed that positive psychotherapy training on self-acceptance and positive relations with other students is meaningfully effective.   Keywords: Positive psychotherapy, self-acceptance, positive relations

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