Posts tagged with 'strengths'
How to WOOP
14th May 2015
WOOP is an acronym for Wish-Outcome-Obstacle-Plan. This sequence is based on the very impressive body of research on how to boost motivation, goal setting & goal achievement assembled over many years by professors Gabrielle Oettingen & Peter Gollwitzer. I have written extensively about their work in previous blog posts (and …
Building on our strengths
4th July 2013
A few months ago I wrote a series of three blog posts on the theme "New research suggests CBT depression treatment is more effective if we focus on strengths rather than weaknesses". Possible points ... the series of studies that have suggested that a strength focus is more helpful (the …
New research suggests CBT depression treatment is more effective if we focus on strengths rather than weaknesses (3rd post)
11th January 2013
I do enjoy writing these blog posts ... real fun having the opportunity to think around subjects that currently intrigue me. So in the first post in this sequence on the value of a therapeutic focus on strengths rather than weaknesses we looked fairly broadly at this area. In the …
New research suggests CBT depression treatment is more effective if we focus on strengths rather than weaknesses (2nd post)
9th January 2013
I wrote an initial post on "New research suggests ... focus on strengths rather than weaknesses" a couple of days ago. I discussed various reasons for thinking that better matching of patients to more personalized treatments could be helpful (although difficult) and looked as well at several research studies that …
New research suggests CBT depression treatment is more effective if we focus on strengths rather than weaknesses (1st post)
7th January 2013
In 2010 Simon & Perlis highlighted the importance of being better able to match depression sufferers to treatment approaches that were more likely to benefit them. In their paper "Personalized medicine for depression: Can we match patients with treatments?", they wrote: "Response to specific depression treatments varies widely among individuals. …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: national comparisons, interest conflicts & strengths again (fourth post)
27th June 2010
I blogged yesterday about the second full day of this "5th European conference on positive psychology". So how was the last morning of the conference? In order to catch my flight I only went in for the final two plenary presentations and then left at the coffee break - a …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: eudaimonia, Lego, morality & kayaking (third post)
26th June 2010
Yesterday was the second full day of this "5th European conference on positive psychology". I have already blogged about the first evening and first full day. I didn't go in for the initial two plenary presentations on occupational psychology and on Danish society. I spent the time reading and writing …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: Corey Keyes, Barbara Fredrickson, fitness & strengths (second post)
25th June 2010
Yesterday was the first full day of the conference. I've already written about the first evening. The full day started fairly bright and early at 8.30am. First off was a talk by Corey Keyes, a sociologist from Emory University, Atlanta. I've liked his work, but at first glance at this …