Do you want to learn skills that focus on strengths that will help you become more resilient? And be able to integrate these skills into your daily life? Then this 14 module strengths-based resilience program will help you do just that with an approach that has been proven to work. You will learn how to:
Integrate mindfulness, relaxation, and gratitude into your daily self-care routine
Explore your own story of resilience
Learn to be more flexible in your thinking
Identify and use strengths to solve problems
Incorporate slowness and savoring
Practice positive communication for healthier relationships
Contribute to community by learning to do the good you can
Find a sense of meaning by exploring your past and future self
Each module is clearly structured with step-by-step instructions, listing the practice elements and goals for each module. The book is full of tips so you can start developing the skills now and make changes that will help you flourish in life.
Author Biography:
Tayyab Rashid, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school and clinical psychologist at the Health and Wellness Centre of the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). Tayyab's expertise includes strengths-based assessment and interventions, positive education, posttraumatic growth, and multicultural counseling. Tayyab is coauthor with Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, of Positive Psychotherapy (2018). Tayyab's outstanding work has been recognized with, e.g. the Outstanding Practitioner Award
(2017) from the International Positive Psychology Association.
Jane Gillham, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, and researcher at Swarthmore College. Her research focuses on promoting resilience and well-being in youths and especially how schools, families, and communities help youths thrive. Jane is cocreator of the Penn Resilience Program (PRP), as well as several other well-being programs for youths. Jane also serves as a scientific advisor to CorStone, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting resilience and well-being in young people, especially those in poor and marginalized communities.
Ruth Louden, MEd, is a Career Coach in private practice. She is a trained facilitator in Strengths-Based Resilience (SBR) and holds a Foundations in Applied Mindfulness Meditation Certificate from the University of Toronto. Ruth managed a wide range of educational programs for co-operative education, career development and employment transition. She holds a MEd from the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) specializing in Career and Work and a MES from York University specializing in Quality of Work Life.
Afroze Anjum, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school psychologist on the Toronto District School Board. Afroze's expertise includes strengths-based, school-based interventions that incorporate character strengths, resilience, mindfulness, and adaptive problem solving, to cope with challenges such as depression and anxiety in children. She has worked as a researcher and training facilitator for the Penn Resilience Program and the Positive Psychology for Youth Project. Afroze is currently part of the Toronto District School Board's Wellbeing Committee in the wake of COVID-19.
