Positive Psychology as a forerunner of the most relevant models in Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

Carlo A. Pruneti

The article draws a description of Positive Psychology, overviewing a broad spectrum of contributions,
from the first historical speculations that laid the foundations for this approach to the most recent
applications in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy. It takes its cue from physiology to define the
inevitability of the trap of the subjective perception of reality and uses metaphors and everyday
examples to illustrate the potential of this approach.

Keywords
Positive Psychology, Psychological Well-Being, Mindfulness, ACT.

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