Martin Seligman Knihy

Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I—give-up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier.. With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life.

This title describes 24 strengths and virtues which each person can develop to their maximum potential. It provides a variety of tests and assessment tools to enable readers to discover and deploy those strengths at home and in the home.

Nové poznatky o podstatě štěstí a duševní pohody Kniha Vzkvétání — Nové poznatky o podstatě štěstí a duševní pohody navazuje na přelomové práce Dr. Martina Seligmana v oblasti optimismu, motivace a lidského charakteru a ukazuje nám, jak ze svého života získat co nejvíce: odhaluje vzrušující novou teorii o tom, co tvoří „dobrý život“ – pro jednotlivce, pro komunity a pro celé národy. Ve fascinující kombinaci vědeckých poznatků a praxe vystihuje kniha Vzkvétání skvěle záměr i obsah pozitivní psychologie. Štěstí samotné, přestože je důležitou součástí osobní pohody, nedává životu člověka úplný a pravý smysl. Seligman nyní klade otázku: Co je tím, co vám umožňuje kultivovat svá nadání, vytvářet hlubší a trvalejší vztahy s ostatními lidmi, cítit radost a smysluplně přispívat světu? Neboli: co je tím, díky čemu můžete prospívat? Do centra zájmu se dostává osobní pohoda (well-being), přičemž štěstí (happiness) neboli pozitivní emoce se stávají jedním z pěti pilířů pozitivní psychologie, spolu se zaujetím, pozitivními vztahy, smysluplností a úspěšným výkonem. Těchto pět prvků, pro které se používá akronym PERMA (z anglických termínů Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, Accomplishment), představuje permanentní, trvalé stavební kameny plně uspokojivého života.

Positive Psychotherapy provides therapists with a session-by-session therapeutic approach based on the principles of positive psychology, a burgeoning area of study examining the conditions and processes that enable individuals, communities, and institutions to flourish. This clinician's manual begins with an overview of the theoretical framework for positive psychotherapy, exploring character strengths and positive psychology practices, processes, and mechanisms of change. The second half of the book contains 15 positive psychotherapy sessions, each complete with core concepts, guidelines, skills, and worksheets for practicing skills learned in session. Each session also includes at least one vignette as well as recommendations for using skills flexibly and taking cultural contexts into consideration. Mental health professionals of all orientations will find in Positive Psychotherapy a refreshing complement to symptom-based approaches that will endow clients with a sense of purpose and meaning that many have found lacking in more traditional therapies

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.

This groundbreaking handbook of character strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers who have undertaken the systematic classification and measurement of widely valued positive traits. Character Strengths and Virtues classifies twenty-four specific strengths under six broad virtues that consistently emerge across history and culture. This book demands the attention of anyone interested in psychology and what it canteach about the good life.

In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism -- dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback -- and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health

Describes syndromes of depression, anxiety, and psychosomatic illness and relates studies of helplessness in laboratory animals to human behavior

NINE Morality and Prospection -- TEN Prospection Gone Awry: Depression -- ELEVEN Creativity and Aging: What We Can Make With What We Have Left -- Afterword -- Author Index -- Subject Index

A groundbreaking look at how readers can improve the world around them and achieve new and lasting levels of authentic contentment and joy.