A collection of essays, articles, excerpts from longer works, drawings, and photo-essays selected to apply psychology to personal development, organized by themes of identity, human communication, growth dynamics, feelings and emotions, human relationships, and a quality life. Discussion questions f
For courses in Adjustment/Personal Growth, Human Relations, and Freshman Orientation. Written in a warm and humanistic style with an abundance of examples this solid, comprehensive introduction to the essentials of psychology offers an accessible balance of theory, research, and applications. It encourages students to apply material to their personal, social, educational, and vocational lives. Holistic in approach, it emphasizes responsible self-direction and moral/ethical values.
The Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being is a companion workbook designed to accompany Compton and Hoffman’s Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing, 4e. The workbook aligns active learning and critical thinking applications with the twelve core chapters of Compton and Hoffman’s textbook, but could easily be a benefit to other Positive Psychology texts or support courses and texts where a workbook centered on growth, well-being, and mindfulness is desired.
With a newly revised and streamlined organization, the Sixth Edition maintains its cross-cultural, global, and gender-balanced perspectives while emphasizing humanistic and transpersonal psychologists in its exploration of the positive aspects of major personality theorists, stressing each one' s relevance for personal understanding. Highly praised for its exceptionally well-written style and accessibility, this book encourages and supports readers in using themselves as the primary touchstone for each theory. Each chapter gives readers opportunities to validate their insights through direct experience, and, by observing their own reactions, come to their own conclusions about the utility and value of each theory.a newly revised, and a Companion Website For professionals with a career in psychology, sociology, and/or social work.
The Satisfying Life: Positive Psychology and Personal Growth emphasizes different conceptions of what constitutes a satisfying, fulfilling life and what research has shown us about how to obtain it. Based in the eudaimonic approach and on a multicultural perspective, this text will teach you how to apply positive psychology to a multitude of conceptions of a satisfying life. Academically written and research-focused, The Satisfying Life maintains the rigorous standards expected of a higher-level Psychology textbook, while its engaging writing style, coupled with reflection exercises, case studies, and examples make the concepts concrete and the material relevant and engaging.
Personal Development and Clinical Psychology is a vital reference text for all those involved in clinical psychology and related professions. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the methods, approaches, theories and issues surrounding personal development, incorporating a number of different views from both those practising and training in the field, and includes service usersâ?? perspectives. The importance of personal development is considered and chapters are devoted to presenting a model of the different processes, examining issues of power and identity, and assessing how training courses currently approach and encourage personal development and how it might be evaluated. The book culminates in summarising the major themes, and offers suggestions for future developments. In line with BPS accreditation criteria which identifies personal development as a core learning objective Offers an historical overview of the clinical psychology profession Includes the voices of service users and carers Considers how personal development can be assessed Also of interest to counselors, psychotherapists, and nurse therapists as well as clinical psychologists and related professions outside the UK