POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH POSITIVE LIFE EXPERIENCES AND EMOTIONS, SUCH AS:
Positive encounters – happiness, joy, inspiration, and love. 
Positive emotions and characteristics – gratitude, resilience, and compassion.
Positive psychology considers subjects such as character strengths, optimism, life satisfaction, happiness, wellbeing, gratitude, self-compassion, self-esteem and self-confidence, hope, and elevation as a field of study.
What is Positive Psychology?
The History -. A New Perspective on Human Behavior – The relationship between happiness and success – What Determines Happiness – The components of happiness – Self development exercise
The science of happiness .
The relationship between habits and happiness – The four types of habits – Effective skills for transforming your life. – Self-development exercise – Facing your fears.
The 3 pillars
Positive experiences, positive individual traits – Understanding positive emotions.- “Experience Joy” Build cognitive, emotional, and character strengths across the lifespan. Self-Development exercise. Gratitude Journal.
The PERMA model.
Human Flourishing – What does it mean to flourish? – Building positive character and well-being, – concept of resilience Personal development exercise. “Pleasant Events Activity”
The Resilience Factor.
7 Essential Skills to Finding Your Inner Strength. -Flourishing with Others: Building Thriving Relationships.- Stress-related growth and “bouncing back”, – Mental toughness . – Perseverance
Mindfulness & FLOW.
Psycho-physiological Underpinnings of Gratitude – What Neuroplasticity Has to Do With Positive Psychology? -Defining Forgiveness.-Positive schooling.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Gain an understanding of the the Psychology of happiness.
Develop the Qualities of a Positive Psychologist
Develop insight into “PERMA”: The Happiness and Wellbeing Model.
Learn how to practise Mindfulness and develop Optimism, & Realism,
Comprehend the concept of “Flow”, and “Peak Performance.”
Develop a deep understanding of Resilience, Emotion, Motivation, and the Nature of wellbeing.
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. —Albert Schweitzer
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The course is intended for people who have not received any positive psychology training before. To participate, no formal educational qualifications are required.
The course is suitable for beginners, right through to established practitioners.
Previous participants have included mental health staff in a range of different professions including Nurses, probation officers, Prison wardens, psychologists, GPs, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counsellors, Drugs workers, social workers, occupational therapists, counselling and psychology students.
The course is ideal for anyone who would like to start a career in the Psychology field. It is also suitable as a self-help or self-development programme as there is a strong component of personal development within the course process.
