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Digital Seminar

Learned Hopefulness: Ten Must-Have Positive Interventions to Relieve Anxiety & Depression and Create Lasting Change


Speaker:
Dan Tomasulo, PhD, NADD-CC, MAPP
Duration:
6 Hours 23 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 11, 2025
Product Code:
POS150114
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

You’re not doing psychotherapy to just relieve symptoms.

You want to give your clients the tools they need for lasting well-being …

… strategies that will lift them out of the despair they’re feeling – and keep them from going back.

And in a world where toxic positivity is rampant, you know that it will take much more than platitudes and “good vibes only” messaging.

Now more than ever, the new science of hope offers clinicians evidence-based tools to facilitate sustainable positive change.

Watch Dr. Dan Tomasulo, award-winning clinician and thought leader in the field of positive psychology, for this innovative workshop that will show you how to harness the power of hope to shift struggles into opportunities and tragedies into triumphs. You’ll learn:

  • Techniques to integrate your clients’ strengths into assessment and treatment planning
  • Practical, easy-to-implement interventions to help clients access flow and achieve meaningful connection
  • Powerful strategies to align clients’ lives with hopefulness and optimism that lasts

Alleviating distress isn’t the only goal. PURCHASE TODAY so you can focus on what’s strong, not just what’s wrong.

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Dan Tomasulo, PhD, NADD-CC, MAPP, author of the groundbreaking books Learned Hopefulness and The Positivity Effect is a clinician, academic director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College of Columbia University, and adjunct faculty in the Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania. Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as a top ten online influencer on the issue of depression.

Dr. Tomasulo serves as an editor of Frontiers in Psychology and The Journal of Positive Psychology. He received the prestigious 2024 Gardner Award from the National Center for START Services® for his work applying positive psychology with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and he recently co-authored with Dr. Ryan Niemiec the book Character Strengths and Abilities within Disabilities: Advances in Science and Practice. He is a fellow of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. Dr. Tomasulo also holds an MFA in writing and his screenplay adaptation of his award-winning memoir, American Snake Pit, has won over 40 screenplay contests.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Daniel Tomasulo maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, and University of Pennsylvania. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. Daniel Tomasulo receives royalties as a published author. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Daniel Tomasulo is a member of the American Psychological Association, the New Jersey Psychological Association, the International Positive Psychology Association, and a fellow with the American Society of Group Psychotherapy.

 


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Objectives

  1. Evaluate the advances in positive psychology emphasising the treatment prevalence paradox.
  2. Determine how positive interventions impact the body, brain, and immune system.
  3. Identify the use of character strengths in conjunction with DSM™ classification.
  4. Choose evidence-based interventions to reappraise past experiences.
  5. Identify the seven thinking habits of high-hope people.
  6. Identify positive individual, couple, and group interventions to increase present awareness.

Outline

The Power of Positive Emotions
How to Thrive and Flourish
  • The new science of happiness
  • How a gratitude intervention changed psychotherapy
  • Treatment prevalence paradox
  • Happiness isn’t the same as no-depression
  • DSM™ and the need for positive interventions
  • Five essential components of positivity
  • Common myths surrounding hope
  • Seven thinking habits of high hope individuals
Assessment & Intervention
Apply the New Science of Hope
  • How to use positive interventions
  • Positive psychology intake interview
  • Character strengths assessment
  • Use the hierarchy of hope to plan interventions
  • Strength-spotting during session
  • Restructure past feelings: gratitude and self-compassion
  • Teach clients to activate flow states for well-being and fulfillment
  • Increase present awareness with the mindful pause and savouring
  • How to increase sense of meaning, purpose, and mattering
  • Access connection through kindness
  • Interventions for the future: hope, optimism, and intention
  • Case studies:
    • Individual Therapy: sudden isolation and major depression
    • Couples Therapy: constant fighting
    • Group Therapy: underserved population
Additional Clinical Considerations
  • Identification and use of the therapist’s character strengths
  • Individualism and other societal values
  • Personal responsibility v. blame
  • Cross-cultural implications
  • Modifications for kids and teens
  • Working with positive interventions with underserved populations
  • Documentation
  • Modifications for individuals, couples and groups
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Psychiatrists
  • Physicians
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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