TY - BOOK AU - Rashid, Tayyab TI - Positive psychotherapy / SN - 978-0-19-532538-6 AV - RC 480.5 R37 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Oxford University Press, KW - PSYCHOTHERAPY KW - PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND PATIENT N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER 1: Positive Psychotherapy: What Is It and Why Do We Need It? CHAPTER 2: Positive Interventions and Theoretical Assumptions CHAPTER 3: Psychopathology: Symptoms and Strengths CHAPTER 4: The Centrality of Character Strengths and How to Use Them in Positive Psychotherapy CHAPTER 5: Positive Psychotherapy: Practice, Process, and Mechanisms of Change PART II SESSION-BY-SESSION PRACTICE Chapter 6: Sessions, Practices, and the Therapeutic Process CHAPTER 7: SESSION ONE: Positive Introduction and Gratitude Journal CHAPTER 8: SESSION TWO: Character Strengths and Signature Strengths CHAPTER 9: SESSION THREE: Practical Wisdom CHAPTER 10: SESSION FOUR: A Better Version of Me CHAPTER 11: SESSION FIVE: Open and Closed Memories CHAPTER 12: SESSION SIX: Forgiveness CHAPTER 13: SESSION SEVEN: Maximizing versus Satisficing CHAPTER 14: SESSION EIGHT: Gratitude CHAPTER 15: SESSION NINE: Hope and Optimism CHAPTER 16: SESSION TEN: Post-traumatic Growth (PTG) CHAPTER 17: SESSION TEN: Slowness and Savoring CHAPTER 18: SESSION TWELVE: Positive Relationships CHAPTER 19: SESSION THIRTEEN: Positive Communication CHAPTER 20: SESSION FOURTEEN: Altruism CHAPTER 21: SESSION FIFTEEN: Meaning and Purpose APPENDICES A: Relaxation & Mindfulness Practices B: Gratitude Journal C: Positive Psychotherapy Inventory (PPTI) D: Building Your Strengths REFERENCES INDEX N2 - '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 text contains 15 positive psychotherapy sessions, each complete with core concepts, guidelines, skills, and worksheets for practicing skills learned in session ER -