Martin E.P. Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he focuses on positive psychology, learned helplessness, depression, optimism, and prospection. He is a best-selling author of more than 30 books, including Flourish and Learned Optimism – translated into 50 languages. His most recent books are The Hope Circuit and Positive Psychotherapy. He received the American Psychological Society’s William James Fellow Award for Basic Science and a Cattell Award for the Application of Science and 3 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards from the American Psychological Association. In 1996, Seligman was elected President of the American Psychological Association by the largest vote in modern history. His current mission is the attempt to transform social science to work on the best things in life – strengths, positive emotion, good relationships, meaning, and flourishing.
Positive Psychology is the study of PERMA: Positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishment. These are measurable and teachable. Interventions which build PERMA are used in education, coaching, psychotherapy, government and business.
In this session, you’ll learn more about what PERMA is, how it can be built, and what the implications are for coaching. You’ll discover which interventions don’t build wellbeing, as well as the scope of practice in coaching according to positive psychology.
When cultures and epochs believe in Agency (efficacy, optimism, and imagination), progress occurs. When agency tilts to chance, progress stagnates.
In this session, you’ll discover the history of agency and its implications for coaching, education and psychotherapy of the future. You’ll examine the very nature of agency, what epochs have both promoted and killed it, and what it means for coaching and psychotherapy post-pandemic. You also explore cultures that have been known to be anti-agentic.
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