Welcome to the Center for Positive Psychology

Welcome to the online home of the Center for Positive Psychology. We are geographically located in Altamonte Springs, Florida (a suburb of Orlando). Our array of services, products, and links, is updated frequently; visit often to see the latest!

Our mission is to help you become as happy, healthy, and fulfilled as possible.

Our principles are to carry out this mission with skill, respect, and compassion.

We use a blend of methods, suited to each individual to address their specific needs, and we serve all age groups and professions. Follow the links to learn more!

What IS Positive Psychology?

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY is the science and practice of those skills and character strengths that promote happiness, health and fulfillment in life.

News

A change for better treatment
January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012 Jan. 27--Gov. Pat Quinn announced plans last week to close two state mental health institutions and move their patients into community-based care. The governor is getting a ton of heat over this decision, from politicians, from parents of patients and from community leaders. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the state...

Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar
January 26, 2012
January 26, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one's there to help? What if,...

Welcome to dementia's world
January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--STOCKTON -- At first, you feel a bit silly. You're with a bunch of strangers and you're wearing goggles that blur your vision, oversized gardening gloves that impair your fingers and prickly insoles inside your shoes that tickle the bottoms of your feet.

14 years after inmate gives birth in jail, trial begins
January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--More than 14 years after Imka Pope gave birth alone in a King County Jail cell, a jury in U.S. District Court this week will hear her claim that jail nurses and corrections officers violated her civil rights by dismissing her claims that she was pregnant as the ramblings...

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