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Book SynopsisNote: Book no longer includes a CD-ROM, but the files are available online for download for both book and ebook purchasers at www.wiley.com/go/frisch This book defines an approach to well-being and positive psychology, that is state-of-the-art, evidence-based, empirically validated, and an outstanding guide for anyone interested in learning about the practice of positive psychology or well-being.
Ed Diener, the world authority on happiness from the University of Illinois and President of the International Positive Psychology Association.
Endorsed by Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan and taught in Marty Seligman''s Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Program at the University of Pennsylvania, this book teaches a simple, step-by-step method for putting the fields of well-being and positive psychology into practice. It is a one-stop shopping manual with everything you need in one book and with one approach.
This approach to
Trade Review
"Quality of Life Therapy provides valuable lessons that can be put to immediate use....In reading [QOLT]... readers feel mentored by someone who is rooting for them."
—Robert Furey (APA Review)
“This book defines an approach to well-being and positive psychology, that is state-of-the-art, evidence-based, empirically validated, and an outstanding guide for anyone interested in learning about the practice of positive psychology or well-being.”
— Ed Diener, the world authority on happiness from the University of Illinois and President of the International Positive Psychology Association.
"This book is the foundation for therapy and coaching in a growing field referred to as positive psychology and wellbeing intervention. Michael Frisch's book provides the reader with an approach to positive psychology/wellbeing interventions that is evidence-based-- tested in three randomized controlled trials, including three NIH- grant funded trials. The book is an outstanding guide for psychotherapists and life coaches."
- M. Joseph Sirgy, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech and author of The Psychology of Quality of Life: Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health.
Table of ContentsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND THEORY.
1. Quality of Life Therapy (QOLT): An Introduction.
2. Happiness through the Ages and Sages.
3. QOL Theory.
4. How to Do QOLT.
PART TWO: CORE TECHNIQUES IN QOLT.
5. QOLT Assessment: Integrating QOL with Traditional Health Assessments.
6. Sharing Case Conceptualizations with Clients.
7. The Three Pillars of QOLT: Inner Abundance, Quality Time, and Find a Meaning.
8. Five Paths to Happiness and Other CASIO Techniques.
9. The Tenets of Contentment: A Summary of Key Concepts and Skills in QOLT.
10. Emotional Control and Life Management Skills in Goal Striving.
PART THREE: AREA-SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS.
11. Goals-and-Values and Spiritual Life.
12. Self-Esteem.
13. Health.
14. Relationships.
15. Work and Retirement.
16. Play.
17. Helping.
18. Learning.
19. Creativity.
20. Money and Standard of Living.
21. Surroundings: Home, Neighborhood, and Community.
22. Relapse Prevention and Maintenance.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
