Quality of Life Therapy

<b>Note: Book no longer includes a CD-ROM, but the files are available online for download for both book and ebook purchasers at www.wiley.com/go/frisch</b> <p>”This book defines an approach to well-being and positive psychology, that is state-of-the-art, evidence-based, empirically validated, and an outstanding guide for anyone interested in learning about the practice of positive psychology or well-being.”<br /> —<b>Ed Diener</b>, the world authority on happiness from the University of Illinois and President of the International Positive Psychology Association.</p> <p>Endorsed by Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan and taught in Marty Seligman’s Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Program at the University of Pennsylvania, this book teaches a simple, step-by-step method for putting the fields of well-being and positive psychology into practice.   It is a “one-stop shopping” manual with everything you need in one book and with one approach.</p> <p>This approach to greater happiness, meaning, and success is “evidence-based” and empirically validated.  It has been successfully tested in three randomized controlled trials, including two NIH-grant funded trials conducted by James R. Rodrigue and his colleagues at Beth Israel and Harvard Medical Centers in Boston.</p> <p>Quality of Life Therapy also known as Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching  or QOLTC is designed for use by therapists, coaches, organizational change-agents/consultants, and all  professionals who work to improve peoples’ well-being.  Many laypersons and clients have found the book useful as well.</p> <p>This book explains the “Sweet 16” Recipe for Joy and Success, along with validated interventions for each:</p> <p>1. Basic Needs or Wealths: Health, Money, Goals-and-Values/Spiritual Life, Self-Esteem</p> <p>2. Relationships: Love, Friends, Relatives, and Children</p> <p>3. Occupations-Avocations: Work and Retirement Pursuits, Play, Helping-Service, Learning, Creativity</p> <p>4. Surroundings: Home, Neighborhood, Community</p>