Positive Emotion
Notice and cultivate gratitude, hope, enjoyment, and other positive experiences without ignoring difficult emotions.
Positive Psychology & Personal Growth
Moving Beyond Feeling Better Toward Flourishing
Mental health is more than the absence of distress. Positive psychology explores the strengths, relationships, habits, and experiences that help us build a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Drawing on my Master of Applied Positive Psychology education at the University of Pennsylvania, I help clients develop practical ways to cultivate well-being, purpose, and personal growth.
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From struggling to flourishing
Well-Being Is a Continuum
Traditional treatment often focuses on moving from distress toward stability. Positive psychology also asks what helps us move beyond coping toward flourishing.
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StrugglingCoping & StabilityFlourishing
The goal is not to feel happy all the time. It is to develop a fuller range of skills and resources for navigating challenges while creating more meaning, connection, and satisfaction.
A moment of self-reflection
Where Are You Today?
Answer five short questions to explore the different dimensions of your well-being.
Think about the past two weeks. Choose one response for each statement: 0 = Not at all, 4 = Very much.
Your Well-Being Reflection
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This is an informal educational reflection based on five custom questions, not a validated PERMA measure, clinical screening, or diagnosis. The number is an illustrative way to explore well-being, not a clinical classification. Your answers stay on this page and are not transmitted or saved.
The Five Elements of PERMA
Martin Seligman's PERMA model describes five important contributors to well-being. These elements offer practical areas to explore and strengthen.
Engagement
Make room for activities that absorb your attention, challenge your abilities, and create a sense of flow.
Relationships
Strengthen supportive relationships, meaningful connection, and a sense of belonging to a community.
Meaning
Connect your daily actions to values, purpose, and contributions that matter to you.
Accomplishment
Set meaningful goals, recognize progress, and build confidence through effort and achievement.
Beyond PERMA
PERMA-V: Adding Vitality
Physical well-being contributes to psychological well-being. Movement, restorative sleep, nutrition, and other health-supporting routines can influence energy, mood, and our capacity to engage with life.
My background in physical therapy and athletic training informs how I think about this mind-body connection within psychotherapy.
Building a Life That Feels Meaningful
We can work together to identify your strengths, explore what matters most, and develop sustainable habits that support both emotional and physical well-being.
Start a ConversationResearch-Informed Personal Growth
Positive psychology draws on research into well-being, strengths, relationships, and behavior change, including the work of Martin Seligman and colleagues.
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