More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology

Drs. Sarah Pressman and Acacia Parks, award-winning leaders in the field of positive psychology and health, have curated a brilliant, evidence-based resource that gives teachers feasible, engaging, and educational ways to introduce students to the basic tenets of positive psychology. What sets this great book apart is the excellence, thoughtfulness, and diversity of the interventions. There is something for everyone here to help, heal, and lead students to flourishing and to the good life. -- Elaine O’Brien, PhD, MAPP, former Assistant Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Kinesiologist; coauthor of The Power of Play: Optimize Your Joy Potential; author of Splash Dance: What a Feeling! Aqua Fitness Meets Positive Psychology
Honestly, I’m excited to get my copy; I found so many things I want to use next year! Each chapter is an ideal mix of experiential activities and the scholarship behind them. -- Cynthia L. S. Pury, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
If you’re teaching or giving workshops on well-being, you hope to inspire a room full of people to explore, discover, and learn. This book is the fuel to help you do just that. -- Todd B. Kashdan, PhD, Professor of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; author of The Upside of Your Dark Side and The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
Edited by two respected researchers in the field of positive psychology, this activity book provides easy onboarding for those new to the teaching of positive constructs while adding to the repertoire of those who are more seasoned in the field. As the number of classes in positive psychology grows, the need for creative and varied classroom activities grows as well. Pressman and Parks deliver exactly that with this comprehensive and updated resource. -- Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, PhD, Associate Vice President for DEI Academic Initiatives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology: A Guide for Instructors offers state-of-the-art activities based on the latest evidence-informed theories of the science of positive psychology. As a professor of positive psychology and cofounder of the first PhD and research-based master’s degree programs in positive psychology, I give my absolute highest endorsement of this new volume to anyone teaching positive psychology in a university setting, as well as to those teaching and applying positive psychology in workplaces, schools, communities, therapy and coaching, and health and well-being care settings across the globe. -- Stewart I. Donaldson, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
The field is increasingly crowded with positive psychology textbooks, but More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology stands out from the rest by offering experiments, activities, and exercises that help learners understand how and why positive psychology can be so powerful in their lives. Now with this new work, Pressman and Parks give us even more to love. The activities will be helpful not just for professors but also for researchers and practitioners to take the science of positive psychology beyond the classroom. Indispensable in a world where positivity is so sorely needed. -- Judith T. Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL