Sublime

In 1998, Dr. Martin Seligman, incoming president of the American Psychological Association (APA), had challenged the field of psychology to broaden its focus to study and implement interventions that went beyond human problems and pathology to include the study of human strengths and well-being—basically, what’s going right.2 He thus initiated posi

à la fin des années 1990, Martin Seligman, élève d’Aaron Beck, a affirmé que la psychologie devait non seulement aider les gens à résoudre les troubles émotionnels, mais aussi à s’épanouir et à vivre la meilleure vie possible. Il a appelé ce nouveau champ la « psychologie positive ». Seligman, tout comme Beck et Ellis, a étudié les idées et les tec

positive psychology movement, which has reoriented the study of psychological science away from its previous focus on malady and dysfunction and toward well-being and effective functioning. Under the leadership of the University of Pennsylvania’s Martin Seligman,

With his books Now, Discover Your Strengths and The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham is a true-strengths zealot.

Seligman’s book Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being (New York: Atria Books, 2012).