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How Families Flourish: Strength Based Family Therapy Using Positive Psychology

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About the Course

This course surveys characteristics of flourishing families and common mistakes languishing families make. Participants will learn a taxonomy of character strengths, how to identify each family member’s core strengths, and see examples of strengths in action. Participants will learn how to facilitate the construction of a Family Charter which can be incorporated in an individualized family treatment and recovery plan to measure outcomes of interventions.

This course is based on the book, How Families Flourish: Strength Based Family Therapy Using Positive Psychology created by Daniel Trussell, Ph.D.

Publication Date

August 25, 2012

Course Material Author

Daniel Trussell, Ph.D.

Daniel Trussell, Ph.D., MBA, LPC, NCC is a positive psychology family coach, licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor with over 35 years experience as a helping professional. He held various clinical and senior executive positions in managed care, non profit and governmental agencies and is former Director of Community Mental Health for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health.

Daniel Trussell, Ph.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

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Recommended For

This course is recommended for health care professionals; especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about incorporating principles of applied positive psychology and strengths based counseling in a family therapy setting. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Identify 18 attributes of flourishing families and 7 mistakes languishing families make.
  2. Describe the six universal virtues posited in Positive Psychology that lead to optimal family functioning.
  3. Examine characteristics of 24 individual character strengths assigned to each of the virtues.
  4. Develop a methodology to construct a Family Charter that includes all 5 essential components

Availability

This course is available starting Dec 17th, 2012 and expires Apr 14th, 2020

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 101959
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