Overcoming Disabling Thoughts: Special Focus: Applying Positive Psychology

Overcoming Disabling Thoughts: Special Focus: Applying Positive Psychology is organized by Institute for Brain Potential (IBP).

Initial Release Date: 08/29/2022
Expiration Date: 08/29/2025

Description: 
Anger, depression, and anxiety contribute to poor health outcomes in medical, dental, and behavioral settings. However, research and clinical experience demonstrate that the application of positive psychology can fundamentally improve health outcomes.

This 6-hour program is designed to provide health professionals and educators with key insights and tools to apply positive psychology in healthcare, educational, or family settings to help overcome disabling thoughts and enhance happiness and well-being.

Participants completing this program should be able to:
• Identify recurrent disabling thoughts that can undermine self-care. 
• List several approaches to manage disabling thoughts that contribute to maladaptive anger, depression, anxiety, and dysfunctional relationships. 
• Outline ways to apply positive psychology to promote character strengths, sources of well-being, and goal-setting. 
• Outline ways to apply positive psychology to promote the three blessings, acts of kindness, and the passion to know, savoring, and gratitude. 
• Outline ways to apply positive psychology to promote forgiveness, humor, and sources of meaning and purpose.

Identifying Disabling Thoughts
• Abandonment and Instability
• Mistrust and Abuse
• Emotional Deprivation
• Social Isolation
• Entitlement
• Grudge
• Pessimism
• Fear of Failure
• Insufficient Self-Control/Discipline
• Depressive Thoughts
• Anxiety
• Perfectionism and Self-Criticism

Developing Resilience to Disabling Thoughts
• Facilitating Anger Resistance
• Improving Depression Resistance
• Developing Anxiety Resistance
• Enhancing Social Intelligence
• Enriching Relationships

Applying Positive Psychology
• Identifying Character Strengths
• Identifying Sources of Well-Being
• Setting Goals for Life and Happiness
• The Three Blessings
• Kindness
• The Passion to Know
• Flow
• Savoring
• Gratitude
• The Self-Gift of Forgiveness
• Humor
• Spirit