Book description
Positive psychology moves psychology from a medical model toward a
strengths model to help clients shore up their strengths and thereby
lead happier, more fulfilling lives.
Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to
Work for Your Clients
provides concrete language and interventions for integrating positive
psychology techniques into any mental health practice. 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.
