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The Jewish Family Service 7th Annual Miriam O. Smith Educational Series presents The How of Happiness: A Science and Practice
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Learn to increase happiness
Dr. Lyubomirsky will offer simple - yet scientifically researched -
Chief Coaching Officer and Co-founder of Hummingbird Coaching Services
Dr. Mayerson will link research in positive psychology
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Registration opens at 11:30 am
REGISTER ONLINE NOW Agenda for The How of Happiness: A Science and Practice
12:30 - 2:00 Session I with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD (for all participants) 2:00 - 2:20 Break with Snacks, Book signing 2:20 - 3:20 Session I continues 3:20 - 3:30 Break Evaluations due by General participants General Public session ends at this time 3:30 - 5:00 Session II with Donna Mayerson, PhD (for Professional participants only) 5:00 - 5:15 Evaluations due by Professional participants Professional certificates distributed Sessions I for all participants With Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD  Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD
is the author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting
the Life You Want; is an associate editor of the Journal of Positive
Psychology; and (with Ken Sheldon) holds a five-year million-dollar grant
from the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct research on the
possibility of permanently increasing happiness.
She has been the focus of dozens of magazine and newspaper articles and she has appeared on multiple TV shows, radio shows, and feature documentaries in North America and Europe. This includes appearances on Good Morning America and Dr. Oz. She has lectured widely to a variety of audiences, including business executives, life coaches, retirees, students, and scholars. Lyubomirsky is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Originally from Russia, she received her AB, summa cum laude, from Harvard University and her PhD in social/personality psychology from Stanford University You will learn about the Science of Happiness and how to apply it to daily life.
Session II
for Professionals only She developed Hummingbird's proprietary coaching model and each of its topic-specific protocols. Mayerson is known to be a gifted therapist and coach with uncanny powers of intuition and sensitivity that allow her to quickly discern the core issues and suggest very pragmatic solutions. Mayerson earned her MEd in Special Education from the University of Cincinnati and her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Utah. She is also on the Board of the Values in Action Institute (VIA) along with Drs. Neal Mayerson, Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman. You will learn to link research in positive psychology and character strengths to clinical practice.
For more information about the symposium,
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Sponsored by: Clovernook Health Care Hummingbird Coaching Services The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Dr. Rena Mei-Tal, Licensed Psychologist Donna Montgomery The Ohio River Valley Clinical Social Work Society Oomph!!! Promoting Health; The Middle Way, LLC Sugati Publications and Training Relationship Resources, LLC VIA Institute Victory of Light Expo
Miriam O. Smith Educational Series was established to honor the memory of Miriam O. Smith, a long time social worker at Jewish Family Service who provided extensive individual and family therapy, headed the Adoption program, assisted in forming the Alan R. Mack Parents Center and also served as interim director of the agency.
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