Traditional psychotherapy focuses on helping clients through symptom reduction. This means that when the indicators for therapy fade away, the therapy is considered successful.
But there is a new perspective emerging as to what psychotherapy can offer. Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is a strengths-based approach that is directly aimed at offering a more comprehensive perspective of a client and his or her life circumstances. It is becoming known as an evidence-based standpoint that explores both strengths and weaknesses to achieve greater well-being and functioning.
We are moving from looking at what is wrong to looking at what is strong.
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I have participated in many different treatment modalities. In each case, I am told I do not understand. No would could tell me what it was I did not understand. Eventually, I was told I did not have a personality conducive to therapy. Now, I have medication checks since I am told I have to accept I may not get better.
Not another modality. Big deal.
Thank you for this article. You make several excellent points, in particular showing how the mindset behind much medical and therapeutic research and practise remains fixed in a deficit model.
I have seen many times how a strengths-based approach to coaching can bring about major shifts in well-being and performance. This must be true for psychotherapy too and you have very helpfully pointed to the growing body of research which says yes, it is.
Best wishes
Matt Driver