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Beyond Toxic Positivity

Beyond Toxic Positivity

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Whether it’s a breakup, a loss, a pandemic, or anything else that life throws our way, we can emerge stronger by harnessing skills like wonder, gratitude, compassion, psychological richness, and more. In recent years, research has shown that positive psychological principles can play an important role not only in fostering well-being during good times, but also in cultivating resilience following life’s worst moments. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to apply positive psychological practices with your clients to reduce suffering and foster greater well-being, meaning, and fulfillment in our lives. You’ll learn: 

  • Practical tools to help clients cultivate awe, gratitude, resiliency, and connection – even during challenging times 
  • Utilize exciting new concepts from applied positive psychology such as the new science of psychological richness and harnessing awe and wonder for greater well-being 
  • Discover key brain regions linked to well-being, and how positive neuroplasticity can help strengthen these areas 

Here's What You'll Learn


Common Barriers to Well-Being and How the Pandemic Exacerbated Negative Trends 

  • Prior to Pandemic- rates of depression, anxiety, and social isolation upward trends 
  • Impact of pandemic and large-scale social unrest on mental health  
  • Considerations for additional barriers to well-being - the negativity bias and hedonic adaptation 

 

Positive Psychology Lense of the Impact of Positive Emotional States on Health, Relationships, Creativity, and Job Performance  

  • Research on the positive impact of positive emotional states on various domains- psychological, physical, and social functioning  
  • Help clients have stronger relationships, better physical health, and greater job performance 

 

Key Skills for Increasing Happiness and Well-Being 

Key brain regions linked to well-being, and how positive neuroplasticity can help strengthen these areas 

Positive psychological research related to- prefrontal cortex, the limbic system, and the release of oxytocin and dopamine 

Techniques for clients to increase happiness: 

  • Awe 
  • Gratitude 
  • Compassion-based approaches 
  • Savoring 
  • Psychological richness 

Strategies for enhancing well-being and provide easy to use skills that can be incorporated into treatment 

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

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Meet Your Experts


Jonah Paquette, PsyD

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Jonah Paquette, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker and author. He is the author of Real Happiness (PESI Publishing, 2015), a research-based self-help book in which he distills the key findings in the fields of happiness and offers user-friendly tools to achieve lasting well-being. His second book, The Happiness Toolbox (PESI Publishing, 2018), offers readers an array of easy-to-use handouts and exercises designed to enhance happiness in a lasting way. His latest book, Awestruck, explores the psychological and health benefits of awe and wonder.

Jonah is also the assistant regional training director for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, where he helps to manage a large mental health training program spanning over 20 medical centers. In addition to his clinical work and writing, Jonah offers training and consultation to therapists and organizations on the promotion of well-being and regularly conducts professional workshops around the country. He is also a frequent media contributor, having been featured in print, online, and radio outlets. He has a passion for imparting the key findings related to happiness and wellbeing with a broader audience, and he is honored to share these with you.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Jonah Paquette has an employment relationship with The Clinic and receives compensation as a consultant and trainer. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Paquette receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Jonah Paquette is a member of the American Psychological Association, the California Psychological Association, and the Marin County Psychological Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059565
Duration:
2 hours, 8 minutes
Copyright:
Oct 15, 2023
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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