1. Creating Positive Institutions: Family & Society
With a Special Focus on Prevention of Abuse
Facilitator: Ashwini N.V
Founder-Director ::Muktha:: (An Initiative to Prevent Abuse & Promote Mental Health)
Adjunct Faculty (PG Department of Psychology), Jain University
Adjunct Faculty, (PG Department of Psychological Counselling), Montfort College

2. True or False
Positive Psychology focuses only on positives. Positive Psychology focuses on positives also. Positive psychology focuses more on positives.

3. ::Muktha::
Physical abuse
Emotional abuse
Sexual
abuse
Verbal abuse

4. ::Muktha:: Physical abuse Emotional abuse Technological abuse
Financial abuse
Emotional abuse
Technological abuse
Sexual
abuse
Verbal abuse

5. Levels of Prevention of abuse
Primary level of prevention (To stop abuse even before it has begun)
Secondary level of prevention ( To stop abuse after it has begun)
RISK FACTORS
PROTECTIVE FACTORS

6. Positive Psychology Interventions
Interventions that focus on positive topics
Interventions that operate by a positive mechanism
Interventions that are designed to promote wellness rather than to fix weakness
Empathy, Resilience, Optimism, Hope, Happiness etc.
Reinforcement instead of Punishment
Increasing assertiveness instead of decreasing aggression and submissiveness

7. POSITIVE EMOTIONS
ENGAGEMENT
RELATIONSHIPS
MEANING
ACCOMPLISHMENT

8. positive emotions
The principle behind Self-Instructional Training by Michenbaum

9. Containment imagery script
Finding my oasis
Gratitude tree
Garland of memories

10. Four cups

11. Engagement

12. Mindful Breathing
Mindful Listening
Mindful Observation
Mindful Immersion
Mindful Appreciation

15. Grounding
Sensation
Visualization
Movement
Tactile sensations
Sound

16. Relationship
Metaphor: IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVES

17. Different listening style
The Preoccupieds
The Interrupters
The Combatives
The Whatevers
The Analysts
The Engagers

19. Broken Heart Activity: Building the Art of Seeking Help

21. Let us use the phrase ‘I understand’ abundantly
Sandwich approach to giving feedback
Positive time-out technique

22. Meaning

23. Response -based narrative practice
Effects of trauma Vs
Responses to trauma
This is based on the work by Angel Yuen

24. Making links of knowledge and skill with preferred ways of being
Level 1:
Discovering responses and actions
What did you do when you were scared?
How did you comfort yourself after being beaten?
After the abuse, did you do anything that helped lessen the effect?
Level 2:
Making links of responses with knowledge and skills
How did you learn to do that?
What name would you give to this skill?
Level 3:
Making links of knowledge and skill with preferred ways of being
What do you think of yourself as an individual who knew how to keep yourself safe?
What does it tell us about the kind of person you are?
Level 4:
Rich description of responses which reflect values, skills and knowledge
Can you recollect and share with me other instances you have used this skill?
Do you remember the first time you used this method to comfort yourself?

25. ‘Response based narrative therapy ‘creates Double-storied memory
Engaging the client to speak about his/her response is likely to create full memories rather than half memories of the trauma

26. Accomplishment

27. Self-Certificate of Accomplishment
Writing love letters to oneself

28. Visualizing goals: Outcome goals and Process goals
‘Pick a Pic’ activity
Talking crow technique

29. Ashwini N.V