# Positive Psychology

Skill · Soft Skills and Communication

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/positive-psychology

Positive psychology is a branch of psychology, pioneered by Martin Seligman in the late 1990s, that studies what makes life fulfilling and how people can flourish, focusing on strengths, well-being, resilience, and happiness rather than solely on treating mental illness. It's applied by therapists, coaches, educators, and organizational psychologists through concepts like gratitude practices, character strengths, and the PERMA model (Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment). It has influenced coaching, workplace wellness programs, and self-help literature.

Related skills: [Mindfulness](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/mindfulness), [Self-Acceptance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/self-acceptance), [Gratitude](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/gratitude), [Positive Thinking](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/positive-thinking), [Self-Esteem](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/self-esteem), [Happiness](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/happiness), [Manifestation and Law of Attraction](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/manifestation-and-law-of-attraction), [Optimism](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/optimism), [Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/solution-focused-brief-therapy-sfbt)

## Open roles requiring Positive Psychology (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.