Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Positive Psychology Studies from the University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology: Lifelong Well-Being. Master the strategies and tools that enable people and organizations to thrive.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בלימודי פסיכולוגיה חיובית של אוניברסיטת פנסילבניה

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Gratitude
  • Setting goals
  • Research methodology
  • Mental toughness

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Personal trainer
  • Psychological counselor
  • Facilitator of personal development workshops
  • Mental well-being expert
  • Researcher in the field of positive psychology
  • Manager of welfare programs in organizations
  • Develops positive intervention programs
  • Support Group Guide
  • Resilience Skills Development Specialist
  • Academic lecturer in the field of positive psychology

Internship – 5-course course series

The University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman invite you to the Foundations of Positive Psychology. Our specialization, consisting of five courses, provides you with the key theories and research in the field of positive psychology, as well as opportunities for application.

Course topics include:

  • Positive Psychology: The Pioneering Science of Martin E.P. Seligman with Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman
  • Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions with Dr. James Pawlowski
  • Positive Psychology: Character, Resilience, and Research Methods with Dr. Angela Duckworth and Dr. Claire Robertson-Craft
  • Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills with Dr. Karen Ravitch
  • Positive Psychology Internship Project with Dr. Martin EP Seligman

The Applied Learning Project

Learners design and explain small-scale positive interventions to improve specific aspects of personal well-being, based on the skills acquired in each course in the specialization. Customizations are designed to provide learners with the tools to impact their personal and professional lives.

After completing all five courses, learners receive a certificate signed by:

  • Dr. Martin EP Seligman
  • Dr. James Pawlowski
  • Dr. Angela Duckworth
  • Dr. Claire Robertson-Craft
  • Dr. Karen Ravitch

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Positive Psychology: The Science of Vision by Martin A. F. Seligman

Course 1

  • 16 hours
  • 4.9 (5,998 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Understanding the scientific foundations of positive psychology
  • Explain how skills for well-being can be learned and taught
  • Describing why mind and body thrive together
  • Discussion of inspiring developments in the field of positive psychology
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Strengths and Positives
  • Category: Gratitude
  • Category: Positive Education
  • Category: Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions

Course 2

  • 16 hours
  • 4.8 (2,106 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Understanding Expansion Theory and Building Positive Interventions
  • Using strategies to identify strengths and positives
  • Choosing goals that support your personal well-being
  • Describe why it is important to cultivate a healthy emotional life.
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Strengths and Positives
  • Category: Goal Setting
  • Category: Positive Psychology
  • Category: Pleasure

Positive Psychology: Character, Persistence, and Research Methods

Course 3

  • 23 hours
  • 4.4 (1,154 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Judging whether the hypothesis is good based on its characteristics
  • Using best practices for collecting research data
  • Using inferential statistics to analyze data
  • Description of the basics of research methodologies and design
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Strengths and Positives
  • Category: Success
  • Category: Positive Psychology
  • Category: Personal Development

Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills

Course 4

  • 15 hours
  • 4.9 (2,142 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Understanding protective factors that make a person resilient
  • Description of thinking traps and how they reduce resilience
  • Using non-cognitive strategies that reduce anxiety
  • Creating a positive network that increases resilience in stressful situations
Skills you will acquire:
  • Category: Gratitude
  • Category: Attentiveness
  • Category: Communication
  • Category: Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology Internship Project: Designing Your Life for Well-Being

Course 5

  • 12 hours
  • 4.8 (816 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn:
  • Identifying your five unique strengths
  • Description of character strengths that promote well-being
  • Creating a positive intervention through unique strengths
  • Sharing your work by writing an intervention evaluation afterwards

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