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Posi%veSupervision:Posi%vePsychologyInAc%onNADD33rdAnnualConference

NiagaraFalls,ON,Canada,November2–4,2016

DanTomasulo,PhD,TEP,MFA,MAPP,NADD-CC AndreaSzucsLMSW,RDT,NYCAPPColumbiaUniversity,TeachersCollege,DepartmentofAHRCNYC,NYC,NYCounselingandClinicalPsychology,NY,NY;andreasooch.netDare2BeHappy.com/dtomasulo@gmail.comaszucs1@fordham.edu

GoodSupervisorshave…

•  Empathy•  Promo%ngprofessionalandpersonalgrowth

•  Leadership

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NegaXvityBiasBias&posiXvepsychology?

SONYALYUBOMIRSKYFROMTHEHOWOFHAPPINESS40%OFOURHAPPINESSCANCOMEABOUTFROMINTENTIONALACTIVITIES–POSITIVEINTERVENTIONS

Signature Strengths The positive alternative to the DSM

6 Virtues (24 Character strengths) • Wisdom and Knowledge • Courage • Justice • Humanity • Temperance • Transcendence

AuthenXcHappiness.org

SIGNATURESTRENGTHS

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StrengthSpo\ng

1.  Labelthestrength2.  Notethebehavior/raXonale3.  ExpressappreciaXon

“Iseebraveryandcourageinyourstory.”ResearchsupportedintervenXonforbuildingcourage

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• Improvedtherapyoutcomes• Higheruseofstrengthsinthesession• AstrongerpracXXoner-clientrelaXonship

• Moreexperiencesofaccomplishment(senseofmastery)

ResourcePriming&ResourceAcXvaXon

•  Fluckiger,C.,&GrosseHolcorth,M.(2008).Focusingthetherapist’safenXononthepaXent’sstrengths:ApreliminarystudytofosteramechanismofchangeinoutpaXentpsychotherapy.JournalofClinicalPsychology,64,876-890.

•  Flukiger,C.,Caspar,F.,GrosseHolcorth,M.,&Willutzki,U.(2009).WorkingwithpaXents’strengths:Amicroprocessapproach.PsychotherapyResearch,19(2),213-223.

•  Fluckiger,C.,&Wusten,G.,Zinbarg,R.E.,&Wampold,B.E.(2010).Resourceac;va;on:Usingclient’sownstrengthsinpsychotherapyandcounseling.Cambridge,MA:Hogrefe.

PosiXvePsychologyisaboutashilinpercepXon

ReframeandRefocus“What you See in Others,

You Strengthen in Yourself”

A Course in Miracles

Priming

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PosiXvePsychologyisaboutashilinpercepXon

ReframeandRefocus

PosiXvePsychologyisAboutPercepXonThereismorethanonewaytoviewasituaXon

What do you see?

This glass is completely full

Half with water --- Half with air

What do you see?

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• We have a choice about what we feel~

• We can change how we think and feel~

• We can cultivate sustainable positive feelings~

• We can create and inspire this in others~

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Ac%veandConstruc%veResponding

•  Shelly Gable, assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, has examined the different types of responses we give to other people's good news.

The quadrants utilize four possible ways to respond to someone’s good news about

promotion and a pay-rise

Ac%veConstruc%ve“WoooHooo!!!”(HelpRelivetheExperience)

PassiveConstruc%ve“That’sNice”

Ac%veDestruc%veTheyaregoingtomakeyouworkharderandlongerforit.You’llneverbehome.Itsallgoingtotaxes!

PassiveDestruc%ve“WhatarewedoingfordinneronFriday?

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Marginalacknowledgement

Fullengagement&recogniXon

Causingdoubt Usurpgoodnews

WhatAreYouGoingTodoWhenThingsGoRight?

PygmalionPhenomenon Whoisinmyshoes?

! Usingtheselftolearnabouttheotherandusingtheothertolearnabouttheself.

! Inplayingclients,wecometoknowthemnotonlyasobjectsbutassubjects–thatbrightlyembodyaspectsofourselves.

! EmbracingthetotalityofonehumanbeinginrelaXontoothers.

! ThroughimprovisaXonwegaininsightswemightnotgainbysimplytalkingaboutthesituaXon.

Landy,R.,Hodermarska,M.,Mowers,D.,&Perrin,D.(2012).Performanceasart-basedresearchindramatherapysupervision.Journalofappliedarts&health,3(1),49-58.

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6-MONTHCERTIFICATEPROGRAMDecember2016–April2017

ACRExamples AQuickOverviewofResilience