{"id":12280,"date":"2012-07-31T06:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T14:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=12280"},"modified":"2017-07-12T02:53:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T10:53:13","slug":"what-is-positive-psychology-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/what-is-positive-psychology-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Positive Psychology Coaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Positive psychology coaching<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 what is it and how does it work? Let&#8217;s define positive psychology first to arrive at a definition of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">positive psychology coaching<\/span><\/strong>. It is basically the study of the strengths and weaknesses that allow individuals and communities to survive and thrive. As you can tell, this type of psychology aligns itself perfectly with the coaching profession. Both fields start with the assumption that people are resourceful, dedicated to improvement, and motivated to grow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19735\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19735\" src=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m.jpg\" alt=\"Positive Psychology Coaching\" width=\"799\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m.jpg 799w, https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Positive Psychology Coaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The term, \u201cpositive psychology\u201d was first used by Abraham Maslow in 1954 in an effort to get the field of psychology to focus on human potential as much as on human shortcomings. Sounds like you job as a coach, right? Combining positive psychology with coaching techniques makes you a positive psychology coach.<\/p>\n<h3>The Power of Positive Psychology Coaching<\/h3>\n<p>Clients hire coaches for a variety of different reasons, but the underlying reason they seek out coaches is to increase and improve their overall sense of happiness and health. By using positive psychology, coaches can focus on strengths and how to best use these strengths in a beneficial manner.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches who use positive psychology can use the VIA signature strengths, as detailed in Character Strengths and Virtues: a Handbook and Classification, by Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman, to help their clients achieve goals and pursue happiness.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The strengths are:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wisdom and knowledge:<\/li>\n<li>Creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, love of learning, and perspective.<\/li>\n<li>Courage:<\/li>\n<li>Bravery, persistence, integrity, and vitality.<\/li>\n<li>Humanity:<\/li>\n<li>Love, kindness, and social intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>Justice:<\/li>\n<li>Citizenship, fairness, and leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Temperance:<\/li>\n<li>Forgiveness and mercy, humility and modesty, prudence, and self-regulation.<\/li>\n<li>Transcendence:<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation of beauty and excellence, Gratitude, hope, humor, and spirituality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These 24 strengths can be used in your coaching practice as a way to focus on the positive instead of the negative. By working to improve strengths you will also work to eliminate weaknesses&#8230;and the client won&#8217;t even know you are doing it! This is the core of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>positive psychology coaching<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 knowing that your signature strengths will provide you and your client with a clearer picture of who they are and where they should be heading.<\/p>\n<p>You and your clients can go over each of these strengths or you can have them take the VIA (Values in Action) test which will help them determine their five top strengths. You can find this test on various online sites. It is a great test and questionnaire to use with clients and will help make strengths, not weaknesses, be focal points of your work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Positive psychology coaching<\/span><\/strong> is the best way to work with your clients in a positive and nurturing way. Like the old Bing Crosby song goes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;ve got to accentuate the positive<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate the negative,<\/li>\n<li>Latch on to the affirmative,<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t mess with Mister In-between.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your clients will love you when you use the power of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>positive psychology coaching<\/strong><\/span>. Not only will they love you, they will also see results. You know what happens when clients see results? That&#8217;s right, they keep flocking to you, keep telling their friends and peers about you, and you become a successful coach beyond your wildest dreams. Now that&#8217;s positive!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Special Bonus<\/strong> \u2013 Learn 3 simple ways to become a life coach with the<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/sp.php?adsource=blogtext\"> &#8220;<\/a><script src=\"https:\/\/embed.lpcontent.net\/leadboxes\/current\/embed.js\" async defer><\/script> <a href=\"\" data-leadbox-popup=\"WsDybRXPrKpJbe9UwCSeo3\" data-leadbox-domain=\"coachestrainingblog.lpages.co\">30-Days to Become a Coach&#8221; video toolkit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>when you fill in the form at the top right and click the<script src=\"https:\/\/embed.lpcontent.net\/leadboxes\/current\/embed.js\" async defer><\/script> <a href=\"\" data-leadbox-popup=\"WsDybRXPrKpJbe9UwCSeo3\" data-leadbox-domain=\"coachestrainingblog.lpages.co\"><strong>\u00a0 \u201cWatch The Videos Now<\/strong>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 button. You&#8217;ll learn how to change your client&#8217;s life in 45 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/bio\/fred-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fred Philips<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBusiness Coach<br \/>\nWriting Team, Coaches Training Blog Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive psychology coaching \u2013 what is it and how does it work? Let&#8217;s define positive psychology first to arrive at a definition of positive psychology coaching. It is basically the study of the strengths and weaknesses that allow individuals and communities to survive and thrive. As you can tell, this type of psychology aligns itself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[592,210],"tags":[1412,995],"class_list":["post-12280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-positive-psychology-coaching","category-psychology-coaching","tag-positive-psychology-coaching","tag-psychology-coaching","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/54950840_m.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12280"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20405,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12280\/revisions\/20405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}