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Fredrike P. Bannink1  \nAbstract  \nRecent decades have witnessed the development of competency-based, collaborative approaches to psychotherapy. Positive CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) offers the best constructive vision to date of what CBT looks like when joined with Positive Psychology and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Positive CBT shifts the focus of therapy from what is wrong with clients to what is right with them, and from what is not working to what is. Two of its applications are the Positive Functional Behavior Analysis and the upward arrow technique, both described in this article. Positive CBT aims at improving the well-being of clients and therapists, drawing on research and applications from Positive Psychology and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. Research is necessary to find out how Positive CBT is distinct from, can be combined with or may be even superior to traditional CBT.  \nKeywords: CBT, positive CBT, positive psychology, solution focused brief therapy, strengths, resilience.  \nÖzet  \nSon yıllarda psikoterapiye yönelik yeterlik temelli, işbirliğine dayalı yaklaşımlar geliştirilmiştir. Pozitif BDT (Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapi), pozitif psikoloji ve çözüm odaklı kısa terapi ile birleştiğinde BDT'nin nasıl olduğuna ilişkin şu ana kadarki en yapıcı görüşü sunmaktadır. Pozitif BDT, terapinin odağını danışanlarda neyin sorunlu olduğundan neyindoğru olduğuna ve danışandaki olumsuz yönlerden olumlu yönlere taşımıştır. Uygulamalarından ikisi, her ikisi de bumakalede tanımlanmış olan, pozitif işlevsel davranış analizi ve yukarı ok tekniğidir. Pozitif BDT, pozitif psikoloji ve çözüm odaklı kısa terapiden yararlanarak danışan ve terapistlerin iyi oluş düzeylerini yükseltmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Pozitif BDT'nin geleneksel BDT'den nasıl farklılaştığı, ve hatta ondan daha etkili olup olmadığı ile ilgili ve bu iki modelin nasıl birleştirilebileceği ile ilgili yeni araştırmalar gereklidir.  \nAnahtar Kelimeler: BDT, pozitif BDT, pozitif psikoloji, çözüm odaklı kısa terapi, güçlü özellikler, psikolojiksağlamlık.  \nIntroduction  \nCBT has evolved to address a broad array of client presentations and an impressive body of evidence attests to its efficacy. Yet outcomes, and particularly longer-term outcomes leave a substantial margin for improvement. What will it take to help more clients benefit more substantively from therapy? What more can therapists do to support their clients develop longer-term resilience? How can therapists use the least demanding interventions? How can CBT become better and faster and more cost-effective? How can CBT become more kind to its therapists? Positive CBT (Bannink, 2012; 2013) recently emerged from the desire to find a new way forward in CBT and hopes to find answers to the questions stated above.  \nCBT has been strongly influenced by the medical model of diagnosis and treatment. The structure of problem-solving-determining the nature of the problem and then intervening-influences the content of interaction between therapists and clients: they focus on pathology and on what is wrong with clients.  \n1 Dr. Clinical Psychologist, Amsterdam The Netherlands, [solutions@fredrikebannink.com](solutions@fredrikebannink.com)  \nAssessments focus on problems, limitations and deficiencies and mention few or no clients strengthsand abilities. It is, however, the clients’ strengths, abilities, and resources that are most important in helping to bring about change. Seligman (2011), co-founder of the Positive Psychology movement, states that if we want to flourish and have well-being, we must minimize our misery; but in addition, we must have positive emotion, meaning, accomplishment, and positive relationships.  \nPositive CBT draws on research and applications from Positive Psychology (PP) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) . Positive Psychology is the academic study of what makes life worth livi","cbCaipyCnkhL9t3O","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipyCnkhL9t3O","pdf",155768,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\n## Focus on strengths and mental health\n## Relation to CBT and SFBT","[{\"question\":\"What is Positive CBT and what does it integrate?\",\"answer\":\"Positive CBT integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Positive Psychology and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to support constructive, well-being-oriented change.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Positive CBT differ from traditional CBT in its focus?\",\"answer\":\"It shifts attention from pathology and what is wrong to what is right, aiming to build on strengths and what is working.\"},{\"question\":\"What are two applications mentioned for Positive CBT?\",\"answer\":\"The article describes Positive Functional Behavior Analysis and the upward arrow technique as two applications of Positive CBT.\"}]","Are You Ready for Positive CBT - Article Overview | PDF",23]