For over a century the focus of psychotherapy has been on what ails us, with the therapeutic process resting upon the assumption that unearthing past traumas, correcting faulty thinking, and restoring dysfunctional relationships is curative. But something important has been overlooked: the positives. Shouldn't making us happier, better people be explicit goals of therapy? Positive Psychotherapy: Workbook guides readers through a session-by-session therapeutic approach based on the principles of positive psychology, an exciting new area of study examining the factors that enable us to flourish. This workbook, designed to be used in conjunction with the accompanying clinician's manual, first explains what exactly positive psychotherapy is, exploring the important concepts of character strengths. What follows are 15 positive psychotherapy sessions, each complete with lessons, guidelines, skills, and worksheets for practicing positive psychology skills learned in session. Those interested in improving well-being through psychotherapy will find in Positive Psychotherapy a refreshing complement to other approaches, endowing readers with a sense of purpose and meaning that many have found lacking in more traditional therapies.

Positive Psychotherapy: Workbook (Series in Positive Psychology)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rashid, Tayyab

Seligman, Martin

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

You can significantly improve your life -- starting today -- with the power of 
 Learned Optimism 
 In this groundbreaking national bestseller, Martin E.P. Seligman shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Drawing from more than twenty years of clinical research, Dr. Seligman outlines easy-to-follow techniques that have helped thousands of people rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts and build a life of rewards and lasting happiness. Learned Optimism shows you how to: 
<ul>
<li>recognize your "explanatory style" -- what to say to yourself when you experience set-backs -- and how it influences your life </li>
<li>boost your mood and your immune system -- with healthful thoughts </li>
<li>help your children to practice the thought patterns that encourage optimism </li>
<li>break the "I-give-up" habit with Dr. Seligman's ABC techniques </li>
<li>change your interior dialogue and experience the astonishing positive results </li>
</ul>

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Self-Help

Free Press

Learned Optimism

ARE YOU HOLDING YOURSELF BACK? 
 Without knowing it, most of us impose limits on our achievement and our happiness by approaching life's problems and challenges with unnecessary pessimism. Now, Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer in cognitive psychology and motivational research, tells you how to identify your own self-defeating thought patterns -- and how to harness the powers of your conscious mind to break those patterns. 
 The Science of Personal Control 
 Based on years of rigorous research, Learned Optimism examines the importance of "explanatory style" -- the way in which we explain our problems and setbacks to ourselves -- and offers a series of exercises that will help you target unhealthy habits of pessimistic thinking and bring them under your control. More powerful and pragmatic than a simple program of positive thinking, Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you: 
 * Attain maximum personal achievement * Avoid feelings of helplessness and depression * Develop a hopeful, healthy outlook 
 "A Marvelous Achievement! 
 Learned Optimism blends hard-edged science with practical advice to give us an understanding of how we hold ourselves back and how we can change for the better." 
 -- Dr. Wayne Dyer

Motivational

Simon & Schuster Audio

The author of Learned Optimism discusses what someone can and cannot change about his or herself and talks about developing the skills to change and the skills to cope. Simultaneous.

What You Can Change and What You Can't: Using the new Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

Authentic Happiness: Using the new Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

The author of Learned Optimism argues that happiness can be a learned and cultivated behavior, explaining how every person possesses at least five of twenty-four profiled strengths that can be built upon in order to improve a life. Read by the author.

Happiness

The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

One of the most important psychologists alive today tells the story of the transformation of modern psychology through the lens of his own career and change of heart.
Martin E. P. Seligman is one of the most decorated and popular psychologists of his generation. When he first encountered the discipline in the 1960s, it was devoted to eliminating misery: the science of how past trauma creates present symptoms. Today, thanks in large part to Seligman's own work pioneering the Positive Psychology movement, it is ever more focused on the bright side; gratitude, resilience, and hope.
In this his memoir, Seligman recounts how he learned to study optimism; including a life-changing conversation with his five-year-old daughter. In wise, eloquent prose, Seligman tells the human stories behind some of his major findings. He recounts developing CAVE, an analytical tool that predicts election outcomes (with shocking accuracy) based on the language used in campaign speeches, and the canonical studies that birthed the theory of learned helplessness - which he now reveals was incorrect. And he writes at length for the first time about his own battles with depression at a young age.
All the while, Seligman works out his theory of psychology, making a compelling and deeply personal case for the importance of virtues like hope, anticipation, gratitude, and wisdom for our mental health. You will walk away from this book not just educated but deeply enriched.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

If you believe that dieting down to your "ideal" weight will prolong your life; that reliving childhood trauma can undo adult personality problems; that alcoholics have addictive personalities, or that psychoanalysis helps cure anxiety, then get ready for a shock. In the climate of self-improvement that has reigned for the last twenty years, misinformation about treatments for everything from alcohol abuse to sexual dysfunction has flourished.\nThose of us trying to change these conditions are often frustrated by failure, mixed success, or success followed by a relapse. But have you ever asked yourself: can my condition really be changed? And if so, am I going about it in the most effective way?\nGrounding his conclusions in the most recent and most authoritative scientific studies, Seligman pinpoints the techniques and therapies that work best for each condition, explains why they work, and discusses how you can use them to change your life. Inside, you'll discover: the four natural healing factors for recovering from alcoholism; the vital difference between overeating and being overweight, and why dieters always gain back the pounds they "lost"; the four therapies that work for depression, and how you can "dispute" your way to optimistic thinking; the pros and cons of anger, and the steps to take to understand it and much more!

What You Can Change and What You Can't: Learning to Accept What You Are: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

William Heinemann

Flourish - Wie Menschen aufblühen: Die Positive Psychologie des gelingenden Lebens

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Kösel-Verlag

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Books by Seligman, Martin

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Positive Psychotherapy: Workbook (Series in Positive Psychology)

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Learned Optimism

What You Can Change and What You Can't: Using the new Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

Authentic Happiness: Using the new Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

What You Can Change and What You Can't: Learning to Accept What You Are: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

Learned Optimism

Flourish - Wie Menschen aufblühen: Die Positive Psychologie des gelingenden Lebens