By Ruth MacConville
Positive psychology specializes in construction strengths and constructing artistic and confident pondering so that it will develop happiness, overall healthiness and fulfillment. It is helping humans to be stimulated, retain confident psychological healthiness, and to flourish in all parts in their lives.
This source is a fully-formed confident psychology programme designed to advertise happiness, resilience and motivation in teenagers elderly 11–18. It introduces the speculation and learn at the back of optimistic psychology, and features a counsel part for facilitators on the way to carry the programme. The programme itself is made from 24 chapters which replicate all the 24 'character strengths' pointed out by means of Martin Seligman, the founding father of optimistic psychology. those strengths comprise inventive considering, kindness, equity, management, forgiveness, and teamwork. actions train scholars how one can strengthen those strengths and abilities so that it will begin optimistic switch of their lives.
This source offers academics, counsellors, psychologists, social employees and others operating with teenagers with a whole programme to advertise health and wellbeing in teenagers and support them flourish of their lives.
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