Positive, Solution-focused Psychotherapy

Glyn Blackett □ York Mind-Body Health □ 01904 435267
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Positive psychology is the science of optimal functioning, happiness and well-being. It asks, what is needed for humans to flourish and thrive? Well-being isn't just feeling good but entails a set of skills and resources:

  • the ability to access positive emotions such as hope and love, easily and frequently.
  • the capacity to engage in life, channeling our energy and creativity.
  • a sense of meaning, or connection to something greater than our everyday sense of self
  • the ability to form healthy relationships
  • a sense of personal control and autonomy

Positive, Solution Focused Psychotherapy

In working with stress, anxiety, depression and addiction, the emphasis needs to be on how to create positive well-being, rather than how to get rid of negative states. In other words, focusing on solutions, skills and resources such as those listed above.

Positive psychology's on-going research programme has established a set of evidence-based methods and tools for building positive emotion, engagement and meaning.

client testimonial

"Glyn and his biofeedack methods, relaxation and breathing techniques have helped me stop hyperventilating constantly, having crippling panic attacks and have enabled me to live my life again."

- Elspeth, East Yorkshire

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