Second wave positive psychology’s (PP 2.0) contribution to counselling psychology

Dr. Paul T. P. Wong Ph.D., C. Psych

Department of Psychology, Trent University, Peterborough,
Pages 275-284 | Received 29 Jul 2019, Accepted 19 Sep 2019, Published online: 30 Sep 2019

ABSTRACT
Second wave positive psychology (PP 2.0), consisting of two pillars – existential positive psychology and indigenous psychology – emerges as a complement to the limitations of positive psychology as championed by Martin Seligman. This special issue illustrates through various papers the depth and breadth PP 2.0 contributes to counselling psychology. Specifically, PP2.0 introduces the following principles and practices: (1) Accepting and confronting with courage the reality that life is full of evil and suffering; (2) sustainable wellbeing can only be achieved through overcoming suffering and the dark side of life; (3) recognizing that everything in life comes in polarities and the importance of achieving an adaptive balance through dialectics; (4) learning from indigenous psychology, such as the ancient wisdom of finding deep joy in bad situations.

KEYWORDS: Second wave positive psychology, suffering, dialectics, existential positive psychology, indigenous psychology

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