Positive, Solution-focused Psychotherapy

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.