ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Likert Scale, Positive Psychology, Genogram
Document Summary
The intersection of positive psychology and the practice of counselling and. General stance of positive psychology: all clients have both strengths and weaknesses/ opportunities and destructive forces: seek information of all four fronts. Ensures that strengths and resources are not overlooked: can be due to a variety of issues: assessment system set up by the dsm; biases in human thinking; lack of instruction about the importance of a four-front approach. Defines mental health and mental illness on separate continuums: combining continua allows for unique conceptualisation. The absence of mental illness is not = mental health. Assumes the therapy successful not only when baseline level of functioning has been reached, but when the client is at (or near) optimal functioning. Where the client fits in the model can be determined by plotting assessments of functioning scale scores against each other, e. g. the outcome questionnaire-45. 2 and the mental health. Changes need to be made to assist balanced client conceptualisation.
