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Positive Psychotherapy for Neurological Conditions
Published in Giles N. Yeates, Fiona Ashworth, Psychological Therapies in Acquired Brain Injury, 2019
Jonathan J. Evans, Breda Cullen
In this chapter we will argue that a psychotherapy approach based on principles derived from the field of positive psychology may be useful in the treatment of mood disorder symptoms and distress in people with neurological conditions, including acquired brain injury. This therapy approach has been termed ‘positive psychotherapy’ (PPT; Seligman, Rashid, & Parks, 2006).1
Third Wave Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
Published in Barbara A. Wilson, Jill Winegardner, Caroline M. van Heugten, Tamara Ownsworth, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2017
Fiona Ashworth, Jonathan J. Evans, Hamish McLeod
Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) is broadly based on principles of positive psychology (Rashid, 2015). Like CFT and ACT, PPT was developed as a treatment for mental health conditions in people without neurological conditions, but has been adapted for people with brain injury (Cullen et al., 2016; Evans, 2011).
Summary and future directions
Published in Tamara Ownsworth, Self-Identity after Brain Injury, 2014
Further promising therapy developments include the application of positive psychology techniques and third-wave cognitive and behavioural therapies in brain injury rehabilitation (e.g., Azulay et al., 2013; Bédard et al., 2012; Evans, 2011). ACT and positive psychotherapy approaches have a shared focus on human flourishing, valued living, personal strengths and finding meaning (Kashdan & Ciarrochi, 2013). A major premise of positive psychology is that well-being is related to satisfaction with one's past, fow and happiness in the present, and optimism and growth in the future (Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Accordingly, people with brain injury can be supported to reach their unique potential through positive learning experiences, close and supportive relationships and fulfilling occupation (Evans, 2011; Kangas & McDonald, 2011). Adopting a growth perspective after brain injury can help shift focus from treating (and researching) impairments and dysfunction to identifying and promoting personal strengths and meaning after brain injury. This view was particularly reflected in the discussion of PBL in Chapter 6 and community-based initiatives in Chapter 7.
Effects of Positive Psychotherapy for People with Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2023
Heeseung Choi, Soyoun Shin, Gumhee Lee
Recently, positive psychology has emerged as an effective intervention for preventing psychosis by promoting positive emotions and well-being (Slade et al., 2016). In positive psychology, mental health refers to a state of maximising individual’s strengths, not the absence of symptom remission and deficiencies. As the Mental Health Act in Korea was amended to promote human rights in 2017, the desire for recovery-oriented services from disease-centred approach has increased (Ha, 2019), leading to an interest in positive psychology. Positive psychotherapy has attempted an empirical approach to promote well-being. The concepts of well-being in positive psychology include subjective well-being and psychological well-being. Subjective well-being refers to the subjective psychological state of experiencing a positive life, and it is evaluated as positive emotions, negative emotions, and life satisfaction (Diener, 1994). Subjective well-being plays a role in enhancing life satisfaction by increasing positive emotions (Diener, 1994). On the other hand, psychological well-being reflects the adequate functioning level and the state of adaptation and comprises of six elements: self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth (Ryff, 2014). Psychological well-being is an important concept that helps people with psychosis discover the purpose of life and reach recovery (Ryan & Deci, 2001).
A qualitative investigation of masculine identity after traumatic brain injury
Published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2020
Ruth MacQueen, Paul Fisher, Deirdre Williams
The findings of the current study suggest that drawing on masculine ideals such as resilience and strength may be helpful in adjusting to the impact of TBI. Given the experiences of reformulation and growth identified by participants, recovery-based approaches which focus on narratives and values may be particularly relevant within rehabilitation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as well as approaches which promote growth and target shame and stigma such as the compassionate mind approach (Gilbert, 2007), may enable the exploration of new ways of expressing their identity as a man. Clinicians working with men following TBI could validate the experience of shame in relation to the discrepancies with masculine ideals and use this to mitigate the negative impact of TBI on mental health. Aspects of positive psychotherapy, which focuses on domains such as growth, character strengths and resilience (Rashid & Seligman, 2013), have been explored in inpatient settings (Andrewes, Walker, & O’Neill, 2014) as well as outpatient settings (Cullen et al., 2016) following TBI and are also supported in the current study.
Post-traumatic growth in adult survivors of brain injury: a qualitative study of participants completing a pilot trial of brief positive psychotherapy
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2018
Olga Karagiorgou, Jonathan J. Evans, Breda Cullen
The understanding of personal growth, and processes underpinning positive change, promises to be important in developing new ways of working therapeutically with people who have experienced stressful and traumatic events. Positive psychology is the scientific study of happiness and well-being [4]; this growing field has stimulated the development of positive psychotherapy (PPT) as a new approach to psychological therapy for emotional distress. PPT differs from existing interventions for depression by specifically aiming to increase positive emotion, engagement, and meaning, rather than directly targeting depressive symptoms [5]. It has been proposed that there is good reason to predict that people experiencing psychological distress following ABI may benefit from a positive psychotherapy-based intervention aimed at increasing their well-being, rather than solely focusing on their distress: because brain injury rehabilitation programmes typically have an explicit focus on meaningful participation in valued activities, while managing the effects of ongoing disability, the ethos of rehabilitation is congruent with the positive psychology emphasis on “building what’s strong rather than fixing what’s wrong” [6]. In particular, the structured nature of PPT intervention components – such as using signature character strengths in new ways – would potentially fit well within a goal-orientated rehabilitation intervention following brain injury.