Table of Contents

Content of the Booklet
Foreword by Ryan M. Niemiec
Introduction
People Using the Cards on Their Own
Practitioners Using the Cards
Types of Cards
Using the Character Strengths Cards
The VIA Character Strengths
Completing the VIA Survey
Signature Strengths
Working With Clients on Character Strengths
Ideas for Using the Character Strength Cards
Using and Adapting the Intervention Cards
Selecting the Right Intervention
Tailoring the Interventions

About the Author

Matthijs Steeneveld, MSc, is a positive organizational psychologist. He trains and consults organizations on strengths use, positive organizational change, and psychological capital. He is co-founder of the Dutch Bureau for Positive Psychology, where he trains professionals to work with positive psychology. He is the author of several books on psychological capital, self-compassion, and appreciative inquiry.
Anouk van den Berg, MSc, is a psychologist in institutional mental health care, working with diverse client groups and approaches. She helps people find their strengths to be able to deal with psychological challenges. She works with cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, and strengths, performing both therapy and psychodiagnostic research.

Reviews

If you are looking for character strengths cards, then these are the ones! They are a colorful tool for integrating into coaching and therapy sessions and homework. The cards are insightful, user-friendly, and ready-for-impact - a tangible resource to help clients build character strengths fluency, catalyze exploration, and set clients on a trajectory of strengths application for building well-being, enhancing relationships, and managing stress.; Foreword by Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, Education Director, VIA Institute on Character, Cincinnati, OH, USA; As a psychologist working in a college setting, I have found strengths exploration to be a useful tool for self-discovery, confidence building, and decision-making, and I believe that these cards will be a valuable adjunct to my work with clients. I would definitely recommend this set to therapists and also see the cards as having applicability to other types of settings.; Beth Cholette, PhD, in metapsychology online reviews, 2019;