Quality of Life Therapy (PDF)

Note: Book no longer includes a CD-ROM, but the files are
available online for download for both book and ebook purchasers at
www.wiley.com/go/frisch

"This book defines an approach to well-being and positive
psychology, that is state-of-the-art, evidence-based, empirically
validated, and an outstanding guide for anyone interested in
learning about the practice of positive psychology or
well-being."

--Ed Diener, the world authority on happiness from the
University of Illinois and President of the International Positive
Psychology Association.

Endorsed by Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan
and taught in Marty Seligman's Masters in Applied Positive
Psychology (MAPP) Program at the University of Pennsylvania, this
book teaches a simple, step-by-step method for putting the fields
of well-being and positive psychology into practice. It
is a "one-stop shopping" manual with everything you need in one
book and with one approach.

This approach to greater happiness, meaning, and success is
"evidence-based" and empirically validated. It
has been successfully tested in three randomized controlled trials,
including two NIH-grant funded trials conducted by James R.
Rodrigue and his colleagues at Beth Israel and Harvard Medical
Centers in Boston.

Quality of Life Therapy also known as Quality of Life Therapy
and Coaching or QOLTC is designed for use by therapists,
coaches, organizational change-agents/consultants, and all
professionals who work to improve peoples' well-being. Many
laypersons and clients have found the book useful as well.

This book explains the "Sweet 16" Recipe for Joy and Success,
along with validated interventions for each:

1. Basic Needs or Wealths: Health, Money,
Goals-and-Values/Spiritual Life, Self-Esteem

2. Relationships: Love, Friends, Relatives, and Children

3. Occupations-Avocations: Work and Retirement Pursuits, Play,
Helping-Service, Learning, Creativity

4. Surroundings: Home, Neighborhood, Community