Strengths-based Resilience: A Practitioner’s Manual for the Sbr Program

Help your clients and students use their strengths to build resilience

• Evidence-based

• Strengths-based

• Skills that clients can integrate into daily life

• Clearly structured modules More about the book: In a world full of stress and uncertainty, educators and clinicians are pivotal in fostering resilience—the capacity to thrive amid life's challenges. Strengths-Based Resilience: A Practitioner’s Manual for the SBR Program offers more than mere knowledge; it is a practical guide for embarking on a transformative journey. This book empowers readers to teach resilience skills that help people grow and flourish. Integrating scientific insights with the art of applied practice, this manual draws from the trio of positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness. With 14 carefully designed modules, facilitators can translate theoretical principles into actionable steps that help participants navigate life's obstacles with agility and cultivate an approach to life that harnesses and honors their personal strengths. The SBR program helps to realize a future where resentment gives way to appreciation, connections are strengthened through positive interactions, and families and communities collaborate for the collective good. This color-illustrated manual is an essential resource for mental health practitioners and educators aiming to help craft a more resilient world for tomorrow. A separate companion workbook is available for clients.

Tayyab Rashid, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school and clinical psychologist at the Health and Wellness Centre of the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). Tayyab’s expertise includes strengths-based assessment and interventions, positive education, posttraumatic growth, and multicultural counseling. Tayyab is coauthor of Positive Psychotherapy (2018) which he coauthored with Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology. Tayyab’s outstanding work has been recognized with awards: Outstanding Practitioner Award (2017) from the International Positive Psychology Association and the Chancellor’s Award (2018) from the University of Toronto.

Jane Gillham, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, and researcher at Swarthmore College. Her research focuses on promoting resilience and well-being in youths and especially how schools, families, and communities help youths thrive. Jane is cocreator of the Penn Resilience Program (PRP), as well as several other well-being programs for youths, including the Girls Strengths and Resilience Program and a high school positive psychology curriculum. Jane also serves as a scientific advisor to Cor-Stone, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting resilience and well-being in young people, especially those in poor and marginalized communities.

Afroze Anjum, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school psychologist on the Toronto District School Board. Afroze’s expertise includes strengths-based, school-based interventions that incorporate character strengths, resilience, mindfulness, and adaptive problem solving, to cope with challenges such as depression, anxiety, bullying, and lack of motivation in children. She has worked as a researcher and training facilitator for the Penn Resilience Program and the Positive Psychology for Youth Project, a positive psychology curriculum study with high school participants. Afroze is currently part of the Toronto District School Board’s Wellbeing Committee in the wake of COVID-19.