Robert Biswas-Diener & Ben Dean 
Positive Psychology Coaching 
Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients

Positive psychology moves psychology from a medical model toward a strengths model to help clients shore up their strengths and thereby lead happier, more fulfilling lives. Positive Psychology Coaching: Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients provides concrete language and interventions for integrating positive psychology techniques into any mental health practice.

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Introduction vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Chapter 1 The Coaching Paradox and the Positive Psychology Solution 1

Foundation I Happiness and Positivity

Chapter 2 Happiness: The Goal We Rarely Talk About 25

Chapter 3 Choosing Happiness: Goals, Relationships, and Positive Thinking 59

Chapter 4 Solid Happiness Interventions 89

Foundation II Character Strengths

Chapter 5 Strengths Coaching 117

Chapter 6 Coaching to Personal Strengths 143

Chapter 7 Coaching to Social Strengths 165

Special Topics in Positive Psychology Coaching

Chapter 8 Helping Clients Craft the Perfect Job 189

Chapter 9 The Future of Positive Psychology Coaching 209

Appendix: Planning Positive Psychology Coaching Sessions 221

Notes 231

Index 251

Об авторе

Robert Biswas-Diener, MS, holds a master’s degree in
clinical psychology from Pacific University and in 2005, founded
Meridian Life Coaching, LC, to provide life coaching services to a
wide range of academics and professionals, He is known as the
‘Indiana Jones of Positive psychology, ‘ with his studies
taking him to such far-flung destinations as Greenland, Spain,
Kenya, Israel, and India, where he has worked with remote groups of
people traditionally overlooked by researchers.

Ben Dean, Ph D, MCC, is one of the most influential
figures in the world of coaching. In 1997 he founded Mentor Coach
LLC, the first coach training school exclusively focused on
training mental health professionals, which has trained thousands
of clinicians and other mental health professionals throughout
North America, Europe, and Australia. He also publishes several
widely read e-newsletters, including Coaching Toward Happiness,
Therapist as Coach, and e Coach.