Micro-Seminar: Learning How To “Fight on” Using Positive Psychology PART ONE

Micro-Seminars have two parts. Attendance to both parts is required. Registering for the PART ONE session will automatically enroll you in the PART TWO session on Friday.

Part 1: Thursday, August 22, 2024 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm (PST)
Part 2: Friday, August 23, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30 am (PST)

This seminar will highlight and teach the audience about positive psychology. We can apply these strategies daily to help us “fight on” when stress occurs. These strategies can enhance our abilities to thrive. The seminar is for a student who wants to learn how to manage their stress more effectively, interested in working in the health care field and/or help support thriving communities.

Expected Learning Outcomes:
-Understand the importance and discuss the history of positive psychology.
-Explore how our mindset needs to shift when stress arises in order to challenge the negative bias that can be activated.
-Learn how to apply positive psychology strategies in our daily life to manage stress.

Day 1 Syllabus:
-The seminar will start with how positive psychology emerged shifting the focus on one’s strengths vs pathology.
-Experiential exercises will be used to help the audience learn how to build community, empower each others voices, and use a flexible, curious mindset.

Day 2 syllabus:
-Once we self reflect on our stress responses we can learn concrete strategies we can apply that help us manage, move through and respond differently using our emotions, thoughts and behaviors. This includes positive psychology, hardiness, positive intelligence and solution focused strategies.
-At the end of the talk the audience will have a plan of action that outlines how, they can use these strategies to enhance their wellbeing in their personal and professional lives.

Target audience: Anyone can benefit from this talk. We can apply these positive psychology strategies in our personal and professional lives. This seminar would be informative for anyone who wants to learn how to “fight on” and maintain a resilient approach to when stress arises.

Lead By: Professor Kelly Greco

Dr. Kelly Greco (she/her) is a licensed psychologist and a Clinical Associate Professor at Keck Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Greco has been at USC for 18 yrs. Her roles have included being an Assistant Director of Outreach and Prevention for several years in the past and a psychologist at Student Health. For the past two years, she has been an embedded therapist in Annenberg. She also teaches graduate students in the MFT program within the School of Rossier. https://studenthealth.usc.edu/cp_school_directory/kelly-greco-psyd/

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