Practicing positive psychology coaching :



Practicing positive psychology coaching : assessment, activities, and strategies for success / Robert Biswas-Diener. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2010. - vii, 171 s. : ill.

Includes index.

Education to empowerment: an introduction to applying positive psychology coaching -- Using your best to make you better -- Harnessing positivity -- Making molehills out of mountains: coaching goals and hope for the future -- Positive diagnosis -- Positive assessment -- Gray hairs and gravestones: positive psychology coaching across the lifespan -- The practice of positive psychology coaching.

This practical guide reports the latest positive psychology research findings and offers specific, detailed explanations of coaching interventions from a positive psychology perspective. Each intervention is clearly outlined and, where appropriate, illustrated by case studies from organizational and life coaching. Filled with reflective exercises, this book enables positive psychologists and coaches to enhance their own development and, ultimately, to grow their practices.

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Personal coaching.
Positive psychology.

Coaching. Positive Thinking.

BF637.P36 / B563 2010

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