Positive psychology

This page provides the applications, key considerations and critical questions of applying intentional practice across positive psychology. 

Applications from the 'system' to the 'moment'

Intentional practice offers a shared way of thinking and planning to strengthen the delivery of a range of interventions, programs and wellbeing solutions across positive psychology, from the ‘system’ to the ‘moment’. 

Check out the video for summary applications. 

Design and implementation of complex positive psychology programs

Intentional practice offers a shared way of thinking and planning to design and implement complex positive psychology programs. These are programs or wellbeing solutions that include multiple components (e.g., two or more PPI’s), are delivered across multiple levels (e.g., individual, workgroup or classroom, organisational) or implementation sites, and target cohorts with heterogeneous or complex needs (e.g., trauma).

Best-practice considerations

Best practice process steps for the design and implementation of complex positive psychology programs, drawing upon intentional practice, can be found here: 

Process steps: 

Case example: 

Contextualised social-emotional learning programs

Intentional practice offers a shared way of thinking and planning for programmers and educators to develop locally contextualised social-emotional learning programs. See below paper for process based steps and case example.  

Critical questions for PPI design and delivery

Intentional practice asks wellbeing leaders, practitioners, programmers and interested parties a range of critical questions to inform the design, adaptation and implementation of positive psychology interventions (PPI’s). See key questions in video.