http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reclaiming-pollyanna Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:54:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reclaiming-pollyanna#comment-38431 Yael Schweitzer Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:58:54 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7306#comment-38431 Thanks to those who responded and support my view of Pollyanna’s approach to life.
To the commentator who asked about making choices – the choice that I referred to in the article is the choice of the right filter with which you view the world, suggesting that choosing a “finding the good” filter can influence the way you experience reality. In many occasions one of the goals in therapy is basically to help a client cultivate a positive filter and then choose to shift from a negative view of life to a more positive one.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reclaiming-pollyanna#comment-37975 Sandy Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:54:36 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7306#comment-37975 What’s so wrong with a little optimism every now and then? Even Pollyanna experienecd set backs but she was always able to see the bright side of things. Sounds like something we should want to do more of rather than expressing disdain for.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reclaiming-pollyanna#comment-37880 heather Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:34:02 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7306#comment-37880 it may seem like an easy thing to make choices bu then it really isn’t that easy,is it?
what is a person to do if she is unable to make any choices and has lost confidence in herself because most of her past choices have proven to be bad ones?

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reclaiming-pollyanna#comment-37851 Samantha Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:37:51 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7306#comment-37851 I grew up idealizing Pollyanna and am not really sure why this fell out of favor?

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