Dr. Heffner is a licensed psychologist and core faculty member in the Clinical PsyD Program at Antioch University Seattle (AUS). He teaches interventions courses including Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Clinical Supervision. He runs the Positive Psychology Lab at AUS focused on fostering individual, community, and organizational well-being. He recently co-authored a textbook titled The Strength-Based Clinical Supervision Workbook (published through Routledge and available on Amazon).

His personal website is located at http://chrisheffner.com.

Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)

Building Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism)

You Can Bank On it Psychological capital in many ways is like a savings account for our well-being. Just as it is good to save ...
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The Real World Benefits of Expressing Gratitude

The Real World Benefits of Expressing Gratitude

Gratitude: As Old as Animal Kind Gratitude may be an evolutionary component of human development, passed down for thousands of years according to sociologist Georg ...
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The Fading Affect Bias in Pursuit of the Pleasant Life

The Fading Affect Bias in Pursuit of the Pleasant Life

Fading Affect Bias (FAB) The Fading Affect Bias, or FAB for short, refers to the cognitive phenomenon supported by research showing that memories associated with ...
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Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

Brief History of Positive Psychology (Part 2)

Continued From Part 1... But Wait, There is Good News Remember, Csikszentmihalyi found that teenagers can be unhappy and can see life through their suffering, ...
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Well-Being and the Five 'Happy' Lives

Well-Being and the Five ‘Happy’ Lives

Well-Being and The PERMA Model Seligman (2011) argues that well-being is enhanced through thriving in one or more pillars of well-being. His model, often referred ...
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