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Well-being therapy in the Netherlands
Symposium “Positive Clinical Psychology: Underpinning, intervention and Process”Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology
Friday, June 26, 2015
Peter Meulenbeek
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Well-being therapy in the Netherlands
Peter Meulenbeek, PhD
I am a psychologist and work as a researcher as well as a lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Health and Technology at the University of Twente (Master Positive
Psychology and Technology), and as a general health psychologist at GGNet (a community mental health center), in the Netherlands.
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WELL-BEING THERAPY
- adaptation of Well-being therapy in the Netherlands
- case report
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Giovanni A. Fava
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EABCT conference The Hague
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Fava Einstein
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Fava Einstein
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The Godfather of WBT
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The Godfather of WBT
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The Godfather of WBT
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Underpinning Well-being Therapy
-According to the two-continua model of Keyes mental health and mental illness are related, but distinct dimensions existing along two continua
-Reduction of symptoms + Wellbeing =
(Positive) mental health and recovery
-Well-being Therapy tries to address these factors
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Target(group) Well-being therapy
Targets:
- Promote psychological well-being
(-> mental health/ recovery)
- Relapse prevention
Target group:
-Patients with unsatisfactory degree of remission after current treatment strategies and a low score on mental health (MHC-SF)
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Ryff’s Model
EmotionalSocial
Psychological Self-acceptancePositive relationsAutonomyEnvironmental masteryPurpose in lifePersonal growth
Well-being therapy
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Well-being therapy
- The Dutch Well-being therapy contains 5-8 weekly and bi-weekly individual sessions of 45 minutes each
-Session 1 and 2- psycho-education about WBT- identifying episodes of well-being- restructuring thoughts that interrupted periods of well-being- Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being
-Session 3 – 8- 1 or 2 dimensions of psychological well-being- modules of 3 sessions (exercises to develop skills that promote psychological well-being; manual ‘Dit is jouw leven’ /’This is your life’)
-Focus on positive experiences
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Example of an exercise
The Three Good Things exercise is intended to increase
happiness and a sense of wellbeing
Each night before you go to sleep:
• 1. Think of three good things that happened today
• 2. Write them down
• 3. Reflect on why they happened
This exercise has been scientifically demonstrated to be
effective
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Example of an exercise
• Think of a recent situation when something bad happened
and you could handle the situation
• It can be a small life-event
• Think about it in a form of a story with a clear beginning,
middle, and a positive end
• Take a few minutes to think about it
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Example of an exercise
• How does it make you feel?
• What enabled you to handle the situation?
• What are your character qualities?
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Example of an exercise-Grandmother-
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Case report
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Focus on positive experiences
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Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-being
Impaired levels on
- Self-acceptance
- Purpose in life
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Self-acceptance
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Self-compassion
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Purpose in life
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Socialize
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Well-being therapy
AfterBefore
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Well-being therapy
AfterBefore
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Side effects?
AfterBefore
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Risks - Solutions
- Unrealistic expectations - Optimal-balanced functioning
- Dismissing negatives - Integration
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A small step for a person may
become a giant leap for his well-being
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Well-being
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Well-being therapy in the Netherlands
- Effectiveness
- Acceptability
- Implementation
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Thank you for your attention
A paper on Well-being therapy in the Netherlands is accepted for publication in the Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
