Happiness, Healing, Enhancement Your Casebook Collection For Applying Positive Psychology in Therapy

by Burns, George W.

• ISBN13: 9780470291153
• ISBN10: 047029115X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-21
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Positive psychology is a scientific study that helps individuals to find happiness and well-being. Drawing together some of the world's best researchers, writers, and practitioners in applied positive psychotherapy, Happiness, Healing, Enhancement translates solid science into sound and clear clinical interventions. Based on real case examples, each chapter provides practical therapeutic guidelines, experience, and examples. The book is organized into three parts-happiness, healing, and enhancement-that represent the three core processes and outcomes in the application of positive psychology.

Author Biography

George W. Burns is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, author, and therapist trainer. He is Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Western Australia and The Hypnotherapy Centre of Western Australia. He lectures around the world and is an adjunct senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University. He has published several books, including 101 Healing Stories, Healing with Stories, and 101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens, all published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Strengthspotting: Finding And Developing Client Resources In The Management Of Intense Anger

We Will Be Laughing Again: Restoring Relationships With Positive Couples Therapy

What's Right With Him? Ericksonian Positive Psychotherapy In A Case Of Sexual Abuse

The Why, Not The What: The Positive Power Of Intrinsic Motivations In Client Goal Setting And Pursuit

From Here To Where You Want To Be: Building the Bridges with Hope Therapy in a Case of Major Depression

You Want Me to Fix it? Using Evidence-Based Interventions To Instill Hope In Parents And Children

Putting the Lid on the Divorce Monster: Creating Hope-Filled Narratives With Storybook Therapy

Development Through Disability: The Unfolding And Sharing Of Psychological Resources

From Vulnerability to Skillfulness: Leisure and Positive Intervention in Therapy With Adolescents

Do You See the Forest or the Tree? Utilizing Client Interests and Strengths in a Case of Asperger's Syndrome

Now I Can Get on with Life: Pleasure, Engagement and Meaning in a Case of Major Depression

Empowering Lisa: The Power of Metaphor for a Depressed And Suicidal Teen

Can Helping Others Help Oneself? Reflections on Altruism, Health and Well-being

Doing Nothing, Changing Profoundly: The Paradox of Mindfulness in a Case of Anxiety

Laying Out in Anxiety: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Values-based Living

Playing with the Moment: A Frame Theory for Positive Outcomes in Anxiety Treatment

Can You be Happy in Pain? Applying Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Hypnosis to Chronic Pain Management

Charting a Course to New Beginnings: Decoding Signals of Persistent Traumatic Stress Reactions in a Shipwreck Survivor

A Surprise Attack, A Surprise Result: Posttraumatic Growth Through Expert Companionship

Sunsets and Seashores: Nature-Guided Therapy in Positive Couple and Family Work

A Dream of Creative Menopause: A New Neuroscience of Brief Psychotherapy for Solving Puzzles of Biology and Psychology

Can We Play Again? Applying Positive Psychology Principles in Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy

Inspiring Change: How to Use Tools of Intention for Positive Outcomes

A Positive Way of Addressing Negatives: Using Strengths-Based Interventions in Coaching and Therapy

There's a Fly in the Urinal: Developing Therapeutic Possibilities from Research Findings

Soaring to New Heights: Outcome-Oriented Metaphor in a Case of Severe Phobia

Are There Times Not to Use Positive Therapy? Some Concluding Thoughts

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