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Chris Peterson will teach this extraordinary class.
1. Context for Course
Consider the well-known 1946 statement by the World Health Organization:
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
Although all would agree with this statement, until recently,
it has remained largely a slogan. But in the last ten years, with
the  emergence
of positive psychology, the scientific study of what makes life
worth living, theories, studies, and applications directly relevant
to health in the positive sense have emerged.
This course provides an overview of what positive psychologists
have learned about well-being and especially how to achieve and
sustain it with respect to one's personal life, social relationships,
work, and physical health. This course is a more focused, updated,
and elaborated version of the Mentor Coach class taught several
years ago by Christopher Peterson: "Positive Psychology Immersion
2--The Applications in Action Master Class."
2. The Eight Class Sessions
1. Key definitions
2. Positive psychology applications and interventions
3. Positive psychology and your personal life
4. Positive psychology and your social relationships
5. Positive psychology and your work
6. Positive psychology and your health
7. Positive psychology and the world
8. The future of positive psychology applications
3. Class Time: 1:00 - 1:59 pm Eastern (New York time)
12:00 - 12:59 pm Central (Dallas time)
11:00 - 11:59 am Mountain (Denver time)
10:00 - 10:59 am (San Francisco time)
All Time Zones
4. Day and Date: 8 Mondays starting January 30, 2012
5. Tuition: $597
Special Discount for Graduates of Chris' Applications in
Action click
here
For CEU information, see #10 below.
Monthly Payments
Regular Tuition: There are two ways to pay your regular tuition!
1. $597 in advance
2. Three monthly payments of $210
Special Discount for Graduates of Chris' Applications in
Action Info
here
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Readings: The course entails readings from a primary text--Chris
Peterson's A
Primer in Positive Psychology. New York: Oxford University
Press. In addition, each week Chris will post relevant research
articles, videos, and blog entries for the next week on the class'
password-protected website.
7. Class Website. There will be a password-protected
class web site. In advance of each session, we'll post Chris'
power points for the next class in multiple formats. We'll also
post Chris' special lecture notes in advance of each class, relevant
articles and blog entries. And after each session, you'll be able
to listen online or to download a digital recording of that class
to your computer and MP3 player (eg your iPod).
Thus, when you have a conflict with a particular class, you'll
have the recording, power points, and reading and you won't miss
a thing. For the Authentic Happiness Coaching™ Program, some students
had ongoing conflicts and listened to the entire class by recording.
We anticipate that a number of Chris' students in this class--for
example, those living in Australia--will experience the class
entirely by recording, still emailing in questions to Chris between
classes.
 This
photo does not come close to capturing how alive, spontaneous,
and funny Chris can be while teaching. It's not for nothing that
he's twice been named the most outstanding teacher at the University
of Michigan.
8. What You Will Learn. Chris will focus on the most
important, latest research--including, at times, unpublished papers--and
practice. His aim is for you emerge with an overview of how you
and your clients can achieve wellbeing. How you can sustain it.
And how you can do this in the most important arenas of your life:
your personal life; your relationships; your work; and in your
physical health.
9. Prerequisites: None.
10. Attendance. Attendance is optional
and there are no required papers or exams. To receive a Certificate
of Program Completion, CEUs, ICF CCEs, or credit toward MentorCoach
or ICF Certification, you must be present for 80% of the classes.
That translates to you must be present seven of the eight classes.
To take attendance, we'll give out a one-word clue at the beginning
and end of every class. You'll email us that code to document
your presence in the class.
 Chris
and his University of Michigan colleague, psychologist, Nansook
Park, Ph.D., gave a phenomenal--and very funny--keynote presentation
at our MentorCoach Conference in Bethesda.
11. Certification: Yes. Counts eight (8) hours toward
MentorCoach® and International Coach Federation Certification.
Again, to receive credit for certification, students must be counted
present for seven of the eight classes. Attendance at the actual
class is documented by the student emailing in two one-word clues
that are given out during the class; they must be emailed in within
24 hours of the class ending. Listening to the class by recording
does not count toward the attendance requirement for certification.
 12.
CEUs: Yes. Provides eight (8) hours of CEUs for Psychologists
(APA), Social Workers (NASW), Licensed Professional Counselors
(NBCC) and, in California, for Marriage and Family Therapists.
Internationally, meets criteria for eight (8) hours of Continuing
Coach Education with the International Coach Federation.
Note: This CEU fee applies only if you are a licensed
mental health professional in the US and need CEUs from one of
the organizations listed above (APA, NBCC, etc.) Otherwise, indicate
you do not want CEUs when you register.
To receive credit for CEUs, students must be present for seven
of the eight classes. Attendance at the actual class is documented
by the student emailing in two one-word clues that are given out
during the class; they must be emailed in within 24 hours of the
class ending. Listening to the class by recording does not count
toward the attendance requirement for receiving CEUs.
13. Enrollment Cap: Enrollment will be capped and the class
will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
14. Refund Policy. You may withdraw your registration
at any time before the beginning of the second one hour class
on 2/6/12 and receive a full refund. You are responsible for the
full tuition amount if you do not withdraw before the beginning
of the second class.
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Chris
as a Person. Here's a wonderful interview I did with Chris
that is solely about him, not about positive psychology. If you
want content, pass on this. But if you want to learn more about
Chris, how he talks, how he thinks, you'll like it. Toward the
end, there's some fascinating detail about how he would quickly
master a new area, how he's been so productive. His scrabble skills.
His GRE scores. How he approaches teaching. And much more. To
listen, click here for 
Chris'
In-Depth Interview (1/20/12)
Here's an extensive, widely-attended interview with Chris on the
latest issues in Positive Psychology with questions coming in
from listeners all over the world (80 mins). To listen, 
