Positive Psychology: Recognizing Growth from Difficult Experiences
What is positive psychology? How can it help us? And, more specifically, how can we hold both the negative and positive experiences of the pandemic together in the stories we tell ourselves. Dr. Lindsay Malloy joins Dr. Amanda Zelechoski to discuss specific positive psychology coping strategies and the ways they each have experienced growth in themselves and their families since 2020.
Additional Resources
Stress-Related Growth in Adolescents Returning to School After COVID-19 School Closure Waters, et. al (Frontiers in Psychology)
Parenting Teens Through a Pandemic (Pandemic Parenting Podcast)
Speaking of Psychology: Positive psychology in a pandemic, with Martin Seligman, PhD (American Psychological Association)
What is Post-Traumatic Growth? Dr. Sharon Dekel (Pandemic Parenting Podcast)
How to Get Your Child to Open Up Dr. Angela Evans (Pandemic Parenting Podcast)