1st Edition

A Second-Wave Positive Psychology in Counselling Psychology A Paradigm Shift

Edited By Paul T. P. Wong Copyright 2023
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

This book on the new paradigm of existential positive psychology (PP2.0) or second-wave positive psychology focusses on the importance of transcending or transforming negative experiences and emotions to achieve durable flourishing. The book offers exciting new concepts and skills in the practice of counselling psychology. Positive psychology is evolving due to changing times and circumstances.... Read more

Introduction: Second wave positive psychology’s (PP 2.0) contribution to counselling psychology—A Paradigm Shift

Paul T. P. Wong

1. A psychodynamic model of Self-nature

Kwang-Kuo Hwang

2. The D.R.E.A.M. program: developing resilience through emotions, attitudes, & meaning (gifted edition)—a second wave positive psychology approach

Laura Lynne Armstrong, Stephanie Desson, Elizabeth St. John and Emmalyne Watt

3. Second wave of positive psychology: beyond the dichotomy of positive and negative and the consequences in the practice of psychotherapy

Katerina Flora

4. Anger as a moral emotion: A "bird’s eye" systematic review

Tim Lomas

5. Happiness and meaning in life: unique, differential, and indirect associations with mental health

P. F. Jonah Li, Y. Joel Wong and Ruth C.-L. Chao

6. Addiction in existential positive psychology (EPP, PP2.0): from a critique of the brain disease model towards a meaning-centered approach

David F. Carreno and José Antonio Pérez-Escobar

7. Transforming shame, guilt and anxiety through a salutogenic PP1.0 and PP2.0 counselling framework

Claude–Hélène Mayer, Elisabeth Vanderheiden and Rudolf M Oosthuizen

8. Finding the golden mean: the overuse, underuse, and optimal use of character strengths

Ryan M. Niemiec

9. Eastern wisdom, inner work, and aging: a contribution in second wave positive psychology

Avraham Cohen and Heesoon Bai

10. Narrative identity: from the inside out

Lee Newitt, Piers Worth and Matthew Smith

11. The dialectic dynamics between trait gratitude, subjective well-being, and psychopathology across 30 weeks

Lilian Jans-Beken

12. Quest for a pathway to human’s good life in the Chinese cultural context

Rongwei Zhang

13. Tragic optimism: an integrative meaning-centred approach to trauma treatment

Mega M. Leung

14. The dialectics of aloneness: positive vs. negative meaning and differential assessment

Dmitry Leontiev

15. Transforming emotional suffering into flourishing: metatherapeutic processing of positive affect as a trans-theoretical vehicle for change

Diana Fosha, Nathan Thoma and Danny Yeung

Biography

Paul T. P. Wong is a pioneer in developing the science and practice of flourishing through suffering. He has been advocating existential positive psychology (PP2.0) for more than 30 years. He is also one of the most influential existential-humanistic psychologists with a focus on existential wellbeing.