Positive Psychology Conference

							                           Positive Psychology 101
                     An Introduction to Positive Psychology with
                       Daniel Tomasulo Ph. D, TEP, MFA, MAPP




“Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living. It is a call for
psychological science and practice to be as concerned with strength as with weakness; as
interested in building the best things in life as in repairing the worst; and as concerned with
making the lives of normal people fulfilling as with healing pathology.” (Christopher Peterson,
2008)

A Full Day Conference that will include:

      The history of Positive Psychology: from Martin Seligman’s ground-breaking work to
       today’s innovative practitioners

      The research evidence supporting the science and practice of Positive Psychology

      Skills and interventions from positive psychology that you can learn today and use
       tomorrow

      Practical ways you can use positive psychology tools in clinical practice, at home, and
       at work

And learn this all from a dynamic and skilled presenter:

      Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., TEP, MFA, MAPP.

      Dr. Tomasulo has earned his Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the
       University of Pennsylvania. He is the assistant instructor for Martin Seligman. Dan is
       also a licensed psychologist specializing in group psychotherapy and psychodrama,
       and author of Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir. Read on for more
       information about our presenter or go to formerchild.com.

Who should attend?

      The skills you will learn at this conference will be helpful to mental health workers and
       clinicians, health care providers, educators, and any and all looking to lead a more
       positive and happier life.
                 Important Information about the Conference
                         Where: Galaxy Room B, TCU Place
                   When: 8:30-4:00 Friday, November 30, 2012
           Cost: $125.00/participant+ GST and Picatic fee = $133.06
                       Method of Payment: www.picatic.ca
                        Browse for Positive Psychology 101
                          Or Call Fern Adamyk at 659-7047



                                Special Pre-conference Bonus

                                Thursday November 29th 7 pm

                           A FREE screening of the Happy Movie!

                                   At the Broadway Theatre

        Join us at 6:30 for a warm-up with a cash bar featuring wine, beer plus popcorn!




Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that
values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness
revolution?

Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award® nominated “Genghis Blues” now brings us
HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous
of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa,
HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., TEP, MFA , MAPP

I thoroughly enjoy the work I do and the projects I am involved with and
seek to provide services, events and literature that enhance well-being for
individuals, couples, families, the workplace, the community, the country
and the biosphere. I am a psychologist, psychodrama trainer and writer
and am currently an assistant instructor for Martin Seligman’s at the
University of Pennsylvania in their Masters of Applied Positive Psychology
program (MAPP). I’ve recently graduated this program and was previously a visiting faculty
member on fellowship at Princeton University. I am currently on faculty at New Jersey City
University in the psychology department where I teach, among other courses, positive
psychology.

In the mid-1980s I developed Interactive Behavioral Therapy model which is now the most
widely used form of group psychotherapy for people with intellectual and psychiatric
disabilities. I have won both the Innovator's and Scholar’s Award for its development and co-
authored the American Psychological Association’s first book on psychotherapy for people with
intellectual disabilities Healing Trauma: The Power of Group Treatment for People with
Intellectual Disabilities. As a result I was the first psychologist to be honored as Healthcare
Provider of the Year by the ARC of New Jersey and was recently appointed Executive Editor for
the Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. I was also the lead author
of the DM-ID, Diagnostic Manual – Intellectual Disabilities chapter on Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder.

My passion is writing and I am the author of The Healing Crowd for Psychology Today as their
expert blogger on group therapy. I also write Ask the Therapist and Proof Positive, a blog on
practical applications of positive psychology for PsychCentral.com. Sharecare recently honored
me as one of the top ten online influencers on the topic of depression.

Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir, is my latest book, which won the 2009
Written Art Award in creative non-fiction. Sticks, Stones and the R word, won the International
play competition for the RETHINK Theater Challenge in 2010, and I have won the 2012
competition with the comedy: Negatively Oriented Therapy: N.O.T. that will premier October,
2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.

I have been in private practice in New Jersey for more than 25 years working with individuals,
couples and groups, and have developed the experiential workshop The Power of Positive Being
to advance group experiences of positive emotions.
                              This day will be brought to you by:




  We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Please email kday@gscs.sk.ca

FYI: Books by the presenter will be available for sale at the conference on a CASH ONLY basis