 Martin
E.P. Seligman
Widely
recognized as the world’s
preeminent psychological authority on optimism, Dr.
Seligman is an advocate for the positive psychology
movement. He spearheaded this movement as a central
initiative during his 1998 presidency of the American
Psychological Association. Positive psychology changes
the focus of psychology from repairing mental illness
to the understanding and building of healthy lives
and institutions. Seligman is an international best-selling
author of more than 20 books and 200 articles including Learned Optimism, The Optimistic
Child, Helplessness, Authentic Happiness,
and The Classification of Strengths and Virtues.
For over the last decade, Seligman’s focus has
been the promotion of research on how to build human
strengths, enhancing resiliency and the pursuit of well
being. His work has received extensive recognition and
accolades at the scientific, professional, practice,
and popular levels including numerous distinguished awards
for scientific achievement from organizations such as
the American Psychological Association, American Psychological
Society and the National Institute of Mental Health;
front page coverage in many premier popular media outlets,
such as the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, USA Today,
Reader’s Digest, and Fortune magazine; and numerous
awards and honors for excellence in practice. |
