Positive Psychology Books

New and Published Books

1. Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations

   Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

   Edited by Karen Golden-Biddle, Jane E. Dutton

   Series: Series in Organization and Management

   How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge Academic
2. The Human Quest for Meaning

   Theories, Research, and Applications, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Paul T. P. Wong

   Series: Personality and Clinical Psychology

   The first edition of The Human Quest for Meaning was a major publication on the empirical research of meaning in life and its vital role in well-being, resilience, and psychotherapy. This new edition continues that quest and seeks to answer the questions, what is the meaning of life? How do we...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Importance of Suffering

   The Value and Meaning of Emotional Discontent

   By James Davies

   In this book James Davies considers emotional suffering as part and parcel of what it means to live and develop as a human being, rather than as a mental health problem requiring only psychiatric, antidepressant or cognitive treatment. This book therefore offers a new perspective on emotional...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
4. The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology

   Activities, Exercises, and Handouts

   By Bill O'Hanlon, Bob Bertolino

   How can psychotherapists apply the wealth of recent research in Positive Psychology to their clinical work to help their clients change in positive directions? Bill O’Hanlon, who originated Solution-Oriented Therapy in the early 1980s, and Bob Bertolino, an experienced clinician, build the bridge...

   Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge
5. Positive Psychology

   The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths, 2nd Edition

   By Alan Carr

   Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the scientific study of the role of personal strengths and positive social systems...

   Published June 7th 2011 by Routledge
6. Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2

   A Positive Psychology Approach

   By Richard W. Levak, Liza Siegel, David S. Nichols

   Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to...

   Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Happiness and Well-being

   Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, P. Alex Linley

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has come from a variety of academic...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge
8. Applied Positive Psychology

   Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society

   Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jeanne Nakamura

   Series: Applied Psychology Series

   Positive Psychology has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. Emerging research in this area is suggesting new strategies for improving everyday life, healthcare, education systems, organizations and work life, and societies across the globe. This book will be of interest to all...

   Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge Academic
9. Doing Something Different

   Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Practices

   Edited by Thorana S. Nelson

   Many books on solution-focused brief therapy provide histories, overviews, and uses of the approach. Doing Something Different does not do any of those things. Instead, it provides those interested in the solution-focused approach with a plethora of ideas for practice, training, and simply enjoying...

   Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge
10. The Joy of Work?

    Jobs, Happiness, and You

    By Peter Warr, Guy Clapperton

    Are you happy at work? Or do you just grin and bear it? We spend an average of 25% of our lives at work, so it’s important to make the best of it. The Joy of Work? looks at happiness and unhappiness from a fresh perspective. It draws on up-to-date research from around the world to present the...

    Published September 7th 2009 by Routledge