The PERMAH theory of wellbeing is the work of Dr. Martin Seligman, one of the co-founders of positive psychology. The P in the acronym stands for positive emotions. Happiness, optimism, and gratitude are included in this category. Positive emotion induction has a demonstrable, proven benefit to an individual’s overall subjective wellbeing. In practicing clinicians’ cases, positive emotion has been shown to induce faster and more accurate diagnoses. Attendees will be instructed on optimism as a learned skill of resiliency—one that has to do with our explanatory style regarding events and the world around us. Gratitude practices and interventions will be covered with an opportunity to engage.
Agenda:
- History of Positive Psychology
- Background of Positive Psychology
- Defining Positive Psychology and its goals
- Discuss Subjective Wellbeing (Happiness)
- Defining subjective wellbeing
- Cover foundational research on happinessHow positive emotions affect clinician reasoning
- Discuss Sonja Lyubomirsky’s work and 12 subjective wellbeing interventions
- Discuss Optimism (and Pessimism) as thinking/explanatory styles
- How these present in ourselves
- How these affect our perception of the world
- Gratitude
- Research on gratitude
- How gratitude improves our wellbeing
- Gratitude interventions & exercises
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the study of positive psychology and its roots
- Learn the PERMAH framework of wellbeing
- Learn what determines happiness/subjective wellbeing
- Understand the differences between optimistic and pessimistic thinking styles
- Studies on gratitude’s effects on subjective wellbeing and decision making
- Learn Fredrickson’s Broaden and Build theory
- Learn different gratitude interventions and practice
*50 or 100 min lecture