Well-Being Therapy: Conceptual and Technical Issues

Fava, Giovanni A.

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“…Well-being therapy is based on an educational model which is structured, directive, and oriented to present problems and situation ( Fava, 1999;Fava & Ruini, 2003). It is a short-term psychotherapeutic strategy that can be implemented over 8-12 sessions, every week or alternate weeks.…”

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“…This approach is rooted in the contemporary developments in the study of well-being leading to the emergence of Positive Psychology. One method of treatment that is being tested on a variety of depressive patients is Well-Being Therapy (WBT) developed by an Italian psychiatrist Giovanni Fava ( Fava, Rafanelli, Grandi, Conti, & Belluardo, 1998;Fava, Rafanelli, Cazzaro, Conti, & Grandi, 1998a;. Fava, 1999;Fava, & Mangelli., 2001;Fava & Ruini, 2003;Fava, Ruini, Rafanelli, Finos, Salmaso, Mangelli., 2005).…”

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The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression

Moeenizadeh¹,

Salagame²

2010

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Well Being Therapy (WBT) is a relatively modern technique of managing patients with Depression. Many studies and researches have been conducted in this field to formally found the Positive Psychology, the goal of which is to study the nature of wellbeing and the conditions, which stimulate them. The improvement shown by patients who were managed with this technique lead to WBT based on Ryff's multidimensional model of psychological well-being. This article has been written to emphasize the novel applications of Psychotherapeutic Strategy for patients suffering from depression. The objective of this therapy is to improve the level of psychological well-being of patients. WBT has been executed in 10 sessions according to Ryff's phases. Methods: A sample of 40 patients was treated in 8session by WBT and CBT and assessed (BDI-II) for specification of depression as pre and post tests. Results: Test-retest of WBT and CBT showed a more significant effect between pre and post treatment and WBT is more effective than CBT. Conclusions: The results suggested the feasibility and clinical advantages by adding WBT to the treatment of depression.

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The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression

Moeenizadeh¹,

Salagame²

2010

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“…Well-being therapy is one of the PPI strategies aimed at building strengths in clinical population recently developed by Giovanni Fava, an Italian psychotherapist with his colleagues ( Fava, Rafanelli, Grandi, Conti, & Belluardo, 1998;Fava, Rafanelli, Cazzaro, Conti, & Grandi, 1998a;Fava, 1999;Fava, et al, 2001;Fava & Ruini, 2003;Fava, et al, 2005;Giovanni, Fava, & Tomba, 2009). Well-being therapy is based on an educational model which is structured, directive, and oriented to present problems and situation (Fava, 1999;Fava & Ruini, 2003).…”

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Well - Being Therapy (WBT) for Depression

Moeenizadeh¹,

Kumar²

2010

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In clinical psychology, Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is a relatively modern technique of managing patients with depression. Well Being Therapy is based on Ryff's multidimensional model of psychological well-being. Fava has developed and validated it in a number of randomized controlled trials. The findings indicate that positive evaluation of one's self, sense of continued growth and development is possible by specific intervention. The objective of this therapy is to increase the level of psychological well-being of patients and decrease vulnerability to depression. WBT can be executed in 8 to 10 sessions according to Fava's phases. Method: Sample of 40 patients was treated by WBT (20) and CBT (20) and was assessed for the level of psychological well-being (PWB) before and after the interventions. Results: ANOVA showed significant difference between pre and post treatment scores and WBT is more effective than CBT. Conclusions: The results suggested the feasibility and clinical advantages of adding WBT to repertoire of the treatment techniques.

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“…For three reasons, we believe not. First, some researchers have had preliminary success, albeit short-term, in using interventions to enhance happiness (e.g., Schulz, 1976;Fordyce, 1977Fordyce, , 1983Lichter et al, 1980;Fava, 1999;Sheldon et al, 2002). The potential of happiness-increasing interventions is further demonstrated by recent research showing that practicing certain virtues, such as gratitude (Emmons and McCullough, 2003), forgiveness (McCullough et al, 2000), and thoughtful self-reflection (King, 2001;Lyubomirsky et al, 2004) can bring about enhanced well-being.…”

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Achieving Sustainable Gains in Happiness: Change Your Actions, not Your Circumstances*

2006

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ABSTRACT. Although attaining happiness is a nearly universal goal, surprisingly little research has focused on how happiness can be increased and then sustained. Three studies test predictions of a model (Lyubomirsky et al., 2005) positing that sustainable happiness is possible through intentional activity changes, more so than through circumstantial changes. Study 1 shows that less hedonic adaptation is reported in response to activity changes than to circumstantial changes. Study 2 tests a dynamic process model, showing that while both positive activity changes and positive circumstantial changes predict rank-order increases in subjective well-being from Time 1 to Time 2, only activity changes predict maintained gains at Time 3. Study 3 replicates the Study 2 findings and extends them to psychological well-being (Ryff and Keyes, 1995). Implications for positive psychology and ''the pursuit of happiness'' are discussed.

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Well-Being Therapy: Conceptual and Technical Issues

Cited by 266 publications

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The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression

The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression

Well - Being Therapy (WBT) for Depression

Achieving Sustainable Gains in Happiness: Change Your Actions, not Your Circumstances*

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