Positive Psychology Training: Courses & Workshops

Positive Psychology Training offers a range of short courses in positive psychology facilitated by qualified, experienced trainers. The courses are aimed at both personal and professional development. We run two-day Positive Psychology Masterclasses in the UK with dates throughout the year and an online version starting in 2012.  There are also interactive taster sessions suitable for training days, ‘lunch & learn’ and away-days.  All courses run in-house for organisations and can also be adapted for one-to-one coaching sessions.

Positive Psychology Masterclass

A 2-day workshop in the science of happiness, strengths and well-being. Learn how to apply positive psychology to increase your personal well-being and support your professional development. Suitable for those who want to experience what positive psychology is about, add to their skills and for those contemplating training in the field.

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Seven Highly Effective Habits of Happy People, Sat April 21st, Bristol

Join two of Europe’s leading positive psychologists, trained by the co-founder of positive psychology Prof Martin Seligman (author of Flourish, Authentic Happiness & Learned Optimism) for this inspiring, uplifting and fun day of discovery as we explore the science of happiness and what it takes to feel good, function well and flourish. In this wholly practical day you will have the opportunity to try for yourself some of the highly effective habits which science shows us lead to sustainable happiness. You will sample the evidence-based tools to boost your positivity, develop your capacity for happiness and build your well-being, making a significant difference to your life.

This approach is based on the scientific evidence that you can increase your own happiness, and that the skills to do this, such as optimistic thinking, finding flow and playing to your strengths, can be learned. At the end of the day you will come away with a personal toolbox of happiness habits, being handed the keys to a flourishing life.

Date: Saturday 21st April 0930 – 1630
Price: £99 before 31st March; £125 after 31st March
Venue: Engineers’ House, Clifton Down, Bristol BS8 3NB
How to book: Complete the 7habitsbookingform and pay via BACS. Email miriam@positivepsychologytraining.co.uk for further details.

Positive Psychology at Work

Positive organisations build people’s strengths, develop resilience to cope with change and foster employees’ vitality, confidence and engagement. Organisational leaders are beginning to acknowledge that only managing weaknesses is insufficient in creating and sustaining a healthy, productive and flourishing workplace, you have to develop strengths too.  Positive psychology embodies the strengths approach to the workplace.

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Resilience for the Recession

When faced with redundancy people typically focus on developing practical job-hunting skills and often neglect the  need to build their confidence, self-esteem and positivity, all of which will enable them to promote themselves and their individual skills and strengths effectively.

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Positive Psychology Online

Can’t make the Positive Psychology Masterclasses in person?

Positive Psychology Online is six modules over six 60-minute sessions delivered through telephone and web conferencing. This will be useful for those who would like to cover the core elements of positive psychology but can’t attend a course in person. Positive Psychology Online goes live in 2012.

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Positive Leadership Masterclass

This masterclass provides organisational leaders with innovative, inspiring and practical leadership skills, knowledge and behaviours based on cutting-edge research from the new science of positive psychology. Facilitated by two of Europe’s leading Positive Psychology trainers, you will discover how to increase and enhance individual, team and organisational performance, efficiency and engagement by integrating positive psychology strategies into your leadership practice.

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