How does coaching with a positive psychology approach differ from other life coaching techniques?
Positive Psychology is a specific line of research that can be integrated into many forms of coaching and/or therapy because of its focus on “strengths.” This differs tremendously from many other types of coaching and therapy that are deficit-based, and that focus on “fixing” weaknesses as opposed to focusing on flourishing. Positive Psychology is actually complementary to coaching when the goal is to help a client be at their best and to accomplish the goals they have for themselves. When you coach with a Positive Psychology background, you begin with a backdrop of knowing how to help clients identify their signature strengths, use them in new ways, assist them in using gratitude (among other character strengths) to be at their best, and flourish in the home and workplace. Can you give some examples of situations where positive psychology can help? First of all, is now apparent that happiness precedes success in life, and not vice versa. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to put off wor
