The power of the positive one in psychotherapy
Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Paolo Palvarini
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2010/2 Language Italian
Pages 22 P. 81-102 File size 390 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2010-002007
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The author discusses how positive factors, particularly positive emotions and strengths of character, work in psychotherapy. While psychology has traditionally dealt with deficit and difficulty, positive psychology has shifted attention towards the individual qualities and strengths. Fredrickson’s research on positive emotions has also shown how the latter, contrary to what previously thought, can become a source of wellbeing and not merely a consequence of it. Then, the author describes psychotherapy approaches, of different theoretical orientation, that work in peculiar way on the elaboration of positive emotions and strengths.
Keywords: Positive Psychology; Positive Emotions; Strengths; Positive Psychotherapy; Martin Seligman; Barbara Fredrickson
Paolo Palvarini, La forza del positivo in psicoterapia in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 2/2010, pp 81-102, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2010-002007