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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456453303321

Titolo

Counseling psychology and optimal human functioning [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Bruce Walsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-282-32239-7

9786612322396

1-4106-0920-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Vocational Psychology Series

Altri autori (Persone)

WalshW. Bruce <1936->

Disciplina

158/.3

Soggetti

Counseling psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Counseling Psychology and Optimal Human Functioning: An Introduction; 1 The Healthy Personality; 2 Fostering Exceptional Development in Intellectually Talented Populations; 3 Individuality and Optimal Human Functioning: Interests, Self-Efficacy, and Personality; 4 Person-Environment Psychology and Well-Being; 5 Optimal Human Functioning From Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Cultural Competence as an Organizing Framework; 6 Optimal Human Functioning in People of Color in the United States; 7 Toward a Positive Psychotherapy: Focus on Human Strength

8 Strength-Based Health Psychology: Counseling for Total Human Health9 Toward a Taxonomy of Human Strengths: Career Counseling's Contribution to Positive Psychology; 10 Assessing Optimal Human Functioning; 11 Fostering Human Strength Through Diversity and Public Policy: A Counseling Psychologist's Perspective; 12 Fulfilling Its Promise: Counseling Psychology's Efforts to Understand and Promote Optimal Human Functioning; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Counseling psychologists have always been vitally involved in promoting good health and preventing mental, physical, and social disorders. This volume focuses on how their efforts can foster and



build optimal human strength and well-being. The chapters show how counseling psychology plays a major role in helping people make changes at home, at work, and in the community in ways that prevent disease risk and strengthen personal and social resources.   Written by leading psychologists, the volume shifts away from pathology and illness and moves more toward the science of positive psychol