Positive Psychology focuses on the positive influences in the client’s life, such as institutions, optimistic emotions, and character strengths.
Positive Psychology therapists believe that emotional and mental factors lead to happiness, so they help clients identify happiness from moment to moment.
Positive Psychology utilizes positive emotion, engagement, and meaning to enhance the client’s life. The therapist will ask the client to maintain a journal of positive experiences each day in detail. Keeping a gratitude journal helps rewire the brain, offsetting ruminations of negativity. The client becomes more attentive to their expectations and memories of events, creating a more balanced perspective.
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Everyone inevitably feels down, anxious, or unmotivated. We struggle with family obligations, identity, relationships, career choices, or just life in general. We may not even be aware of the impact stress has on us. Factor all that in the context of time, money, and societal norms, and we may experience ennui or question our life choices. I want to help people grow and live life in a way that'...
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