Wiley Handbook of Positive Clinical Psychology

Alex M. Wood is Professor and Director of the Behavioral Science Centre at Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK. He is credited with founding positive clinical psychology, and he has published more than 100 papers related to well-being in leading journals across psychology, medicine, and economics. He guest edited the special issue of Clinical Psychology Review that first introduced positive clinical psychology to the mainstream.Judith Johnson is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer at the University of Leeds and the Bradford Institute of Health Research, UK. Her research is focused on understanding and supporting the development of wellbeing and resilience, and how this can be applied in healthcare settings to improve treatments and service delivery. She is co-editor of Case Formulation in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: The Treatment of Challenging and Complex Cases (second edition, 2015).

• List of Contributors xiPart I Developing a Positive Clinical Psychology 11 Positive Clinical Psychology: An Introduction 3Alex M. Wood and Judith Johnson2 Toward a More Positive Clinical Psychology: Deconstructing the Illness Ideology and Psychiatric Diagnosis 19James E. Maddux3 Why Clinical Psychology Should Not Go “Positive” – and/or “Negative” 31Barbara S. Held4 A Practical Guide to Positive Functioning Assessment in Clinical Psychology 47Stephen Joseph and Tom G. PattersonPart II Personality and Individual Differences 575 Positive Mood Dysfunction in Psychopathology: A Structural Perspective 59David Watson6 Resilience: The Bi-Dimensional Framework 73Judith Johnson7 Self‐Efficacy: A Foundational Concept for Positive Clinical Psychology 89James E. Maddux and Evan M. Kleiman8 Empathy: “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” 103Eamonn Ferguson9 Nostalgia: A Bittersweet Emotion that Confers Psychological Health Benefits 125Constantine Sedikides and Tim Wildschut10 A Dark Side of Gratitude? Distinguishing between Beneficial Gratitude and its Harmful Impostors for the Positive Clinical Psychology of Gratitude and Well‐Being 137Alex M. Wood, Robert A. Emmons, Sara B. Algoe, Jeffrey J. Froh, Nathanial M. Lambert, and Philip Watkins11 Using Eudaimonic Well‐being to Improve Lives 153Chiara Ruini and Carol D. Ryff12 Positive Clinical Gerontology: Integrating “Positive” and “Negative” Perspectives on Aging 167Adam Davidson and George VaillantPart III Disorders 18113 Improving the Capacity to Treat Depression using Talking Therapies: Setting a Positive Clinical Psychology Agenda 183Barnaby D. Dunn and Henrietta Roberts14 Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Toward a Positive Clinical Psychology for Anxiety Disorders 205Philip C. Watkins and Andrew Pereira15 A Growth Perspective on Post‐traumatic Stress 223Elizabeth L. Addington, Richard G. Tedeschi, and Lawrence G. Calhoun16 “A Positive Mood Cannot be too Positive”: How to Utilize Positive and Negative Clinical Psychology in Bipolar Disorder 233Warren Mansell17 Positive Clinical Psychology and the Promotion of Happiness, Compassion, and Autonomy in People with Psychosis 245Paul Hutton18 An Integrative Model of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses 261Thomas A. Widiger19 Resilience and Protective Factors in Childhood and Adolescence 279Peter J. Taylor20 Suicidal Behavior: The Power of Prospection 293Andrew K. MacLeodPart IV Positive Psychology Interventions in Clinical Practice 30521 Positive Psychological Interventions: An Overview 307Acacia C. Parks and Liudmila Titova22 Positive Psychotherapy: Clinical Application of Positive Psychology 321Tayyab Rashid and Ryan N. Howes23 Positive Activity Interventions for Mental Health Conditions: Basic Research and Clinical Applications 349Lilian J. Shin and Sonja Lyubomirsky24 Interventions to Promote Forgiveness are Exemplars of Positive Clinical Psychology 365Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Brandon J. Griffin, Caroline R. Lavelock, Chelsea M. Hughes, Chelsea L. Greer, Steven J. Sandage, and Mark S. Rye25 Mindfulness in Positive Clinical Psychology 381Shauna Shapiro, Sarah de Sousa, and Carley Hauck26 Well‐being Therapy 395Giovanni A. Fava27 Quality of Life Therapy 409Michael B. FrischPart V Reinterpreting Existing Therapies 42728 Person-Centered Psychology: An Organismic Positive Approach to the Problems of Living and Helping People Flourish 429Pete Sanders and Stephen Joseph29 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Contextual View of “Positive” and “Negative” as Applied to Positive Clinical Psychology 445Timothy K. Feeney and Steven C. Hayes30 Schema Therapy 461Christopher D. J. Taylor and Arnoud ArntzIndex 477