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Caroline Miller is proud to be one of a
handful of men and women from around the
world who were admitted into the only
Masters program in the world offered in this
exciting area. In 2005, the University of
Pennsylvania admitted its inaugural class
for this prestigious degree, and Ms. Miller
is one of a handful of coaches who are now
trained by Dr. Seligman and other prominent
professors to apply positive psychology in
coaching.
In recent
years, there has been an increasing emphasis
on identifying what’s “right” with people
instead of diagnosing what’s “wrong,” and
assigning a medical diagnosis to be
addressed through therapy. Dr. Martin
Seligman, past president of the American
Psychological Association and the
acknowledged father of the Positive
Psychology movement, has been credited with
spearheading this important change, which
has allowed practitioners in various
professions to help clients change their
lives by focusing on more on values,
strengths and dreams instead of
deficit-based solutions that focus on fixing
what’s “wrong.”
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Caroline Miller and Marty Seligman, past President
of the American Psychology Association and the
acknowledged father of the Positive Psychology
Movement, at the Positive Psychology Conference in
Washington, D.C. in October 2005. |
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The field of coaching
is ideally situated to take advantage of this shift,
because the research that is now being assembled
offers this profession an opportunity to base its
future work upon robust scientific findings. Coaches
who are trained in the field of Positive Psychology
can help clients in new, evidence-based ways to:
• Increase and amplify positive emotions for
significant change
• Identify client strengths and their potential
application in goal achievement
• Create opportunities for “flow” and understand
their significance in life
• Increase hope, motivation, resilience and optimism
• Learn to prime the environment to assist in goal
accomplishment
• Learn why the ratio of positive to negative
comments has a profound impact in relationships,
work environments, and personal life
• And much more
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Caroline Miller and
Chris Peterson, PhD, at Caroline's graduation from
the University of Pennsylvania in May 2006.
Dr. Peterson is the
co-author of “Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
” with Dr. Seligman
and author of
“A Primer in Positive Psychology
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