digital therapy: the role of positive psychotherapy in successful self-regulation elin olsen 1 &...
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Digital Therapy: The Role of Positive Psychotherapy in
Successful Self-Regulation
Elin Olsen1 & Pål Kraft1,2
1Changetech AS2Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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A Short Introduction to Positive Psychology
“....is the scientific study of optimal human functioning.....
....aims to discover and promote the factors that allow individuals and communities to thrive.......
....... represents a new commitment on the part of research psychologists to focus attention upon the sources of psychological health......
Sheldon, Frederickson, Rathunde, Csikszentmihalyi & Haidt, 2000
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Positive Psychotherapy Addressing Depression
In a random-assignment placebo-controlled study, positive psychology exercises delivered by web relieved depressive symptoms for at least 6 months compared with placebo interventions, the effects of which lasted less than a week.
Seligman, M. E. P., Rashid, T. & Parks, A. C. (2006). Positive Psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 61, 774 - 788.
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Positive Psychotherapy can facilitate health behaviour change programs
• Increase well-being
• Prevent ego-depletion/relapse caused by negative affect
• Enhance compliance
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Positive Psychotherapy: Week 1
InControl PPT: Introduction
SubjectiveHappiness
Scale (SHS)
> 16 Feedback
≤ 16 Feedback
SHS
Meditation Physical Activity
Savoring FlowForgivenessActs Of
KindnessCultivating Optimism
Person-Activity Fit Diagnostic
(PAFD)
Individual Exercise
Continue to: Week 2 - 8
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Positive Psychotherapy: Weeks 2-8
Entry: Week 2
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Exit: Week 8
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GratitudeThink of a good thing that happened today!
How big does a good thing have to be, to set you in a positive mood? Truth is...not so big! In fact most of them are quite small and parts of your everyday life.
Today’s exercise is a very effective way of training your brain to notice the good things that happen. As many of these exercises it may seem a little silly to you. But give it a chance, it has proven to be quite effective!
On the next page, write down one or two good things that happened to you today (or yesterday if you’re reading this in the morning). They can be both small and big things.
And tell us why you think these things happened, e.g. was it because something you did?
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Gratitude - why does it work?
1. Savoring positive life experiences2. Improves self-esteem (accomplishment)3. Coping with stress and trauma4. Encourages moral behaviour5. Improves social bonding6. Inhibiting comparisons with other persons7. Incompatible with negative emotions8. Avoiding hedonic adaptation
Lyubomirsky,S. (2007): The How of Happiness. A scientific approach to getting the life you want. NY, Penguin Press
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Persuasive Digital Therapy
• Individualised• Personalised• Interactive• Tunneled design• Self-monitoring
• As a stand-alone, or as a component in a health behaviour change program.
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