What does Martin Seligman’s Positive Psychology Training Program and Psychotherapy Programs have in common?

What does Martin Seligman’s Positive Psychology Training Program and Psychotherapy Programs have in common?

2010-09-01 00:00:00 56m

Martin Seligman is currently training the entire US Army (1 million soldiers) in Positive Psychology. Three weeks ago I was invited to present at his in-house UPenn meeting with Facebook, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard to explore “international computer training of positivity”.

You can download the talk Dr Evian presented at the UPenn meeting titled “Why Knowing The Brain Enhances Positive Computing” in pdf format.

Speakers: Dr Evian Gordon
Conference: Westmead
Areas of Interest / Categories: Positive Psychology, Westmead Meetings 2010
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