For more than a decade, Aaron Beck and Martin Seligman have been meeting in Beck’s high-rise apartment located right in the center of the historic Rittenhouse neighborhood of Philadelphia. “Have I ...

But according to Martin Seligman, widely considered the founder of the field, there’s more to positive psychology than happiness—and, more importantly, there’s more to life than happiness as well.

As president of the American Psychological Association in 1998, Martin Seligman challenged the psychological community to radically change its approach. For too long, he charged, psychology had been ...

Ever had someone tell you to just cheer up? Did it drive you crazy? Well, turns out that someone telling you to “be happy” isn’t just annoying—it’s also wildly unhelpful. “‘Happy’ is a pretty useless ...

Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology, to receive inaugural Tang Prize and speak at University of Toronto Martin Seligman will visit the University of Toronto to receive the inaugural Tang ...

In this next series of posts, I am going to critically examine a few major lines of thought that are currently receiving much attention in the field. I am going to start by evaluating Martin ...

R ecently, The Chronicle Review published “Positive Psychology Goes to War,” a long article adapted from my book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills. In it, I provided some ...

In this next series of posts, I am going to critically examine a few major lines of thought that are currently receiving much attention in the field. I am going to start by evaluating Martin ...