Background Reading
20 Weeks to Happiness
by Richard Handler
If Thomas Jefferson were a psychology graduate student today, he'd probably think of himself as a positive psychologist. It was Jefferson, after all, who began the Declaration of Independence with the statement that human beings aren't only created equal but "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, [and] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Happiness was the word he chose, not pursuit of power or economic gain.
Jefferson didn't formally study happiness. ...
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Audio Home Study
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Instructor: Bill O'Hanlon
CE Credits: 6
Translate the empirical principles of Positive Psychology into practical, everyday interventions that will enhance your practice.
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Hosted By: Richard Simon
Interviewees: John Gottman, Ph.D.; Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.; Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.; Belleruth Naparstek, L.I.S.W.; Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.; Salvador Minuchin, M.D.
CE Credits: 6
Lively exchanges with these original thinkers in the field will expand your therapeutic range and creativity.
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Instructor: Reid Wilson
CE Credits: 8
A series of experiential exercises to enhance satisfaction with the past, optimism in the future, and happiness in the present.
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Instructor: Paul Pearsall
CE Credits: 6
How to focus on what's best and bravest about us, not just what's worst and weakest.
Online Reading Courses
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Authors: Richard Handler, Mary Wylie, Katy Butler, Paul Pearsall, Richard Simon
CE Credits: 5
Discover what the emerging science of happiness tells us about living a more meaningful life.
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