Asheville Psychology

Asheville Psychologist Deborah Barnett, Ph.D.

Welcome to Asheville Psychology. Are you in Asheville and looking for a therapist to receive counseling? Here you will find information on an exciting, new development in the field of psychology, it’s called Positive Psychology and it has arrived in Asheville!

Positive Psychology – An Emerging Field 

Many people think that a person might go to see a psychologist for counseling when something is “wrong.” This belief is partly due to the path that the field of psychology has followed. Before World War II, psychology had three goals. These were to help cure mental illness, to make peoples lives more fulfilling, and to nurture potential and talent. In 1945, after World War II, to assist veterans of the war, money and research turned primarily to treating mental illness. Traditionally counseling focuses on topics such as decreasing depression, relieving anxiety, eliminating phobias, and soothing marital discord.

Today, under the guidance and leadership of psychologists such as Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihali, Ed Diener and others, a new focus in psychology is emerging, called Positive Psychology. The aim of Positive Psychology is to research and then apply the systems and techniques that allow individuals and communities to thrive. 

Counseling today is no longer focused purely what needs fixing in individuals, couples and families.

Positive Psychology can help Individuals, Couples and Families to:

Move from “surviving” to “thriving”
Find ways to grow and have deeper and even richer life experience after experiencing trauma
Enhance Passion
Nurture Creativity
Discover greater Meaning in ones life and activities
Sustain job satisfaction
Rekindle and Deepen loving relationships

Deborah Barnett, Ph.D. practices Positive Psychology in Asheville, N.C. Come and discover how Positive Psychology can help you to live a more satisfying and fulfilling life by identifying and strengthening your skills and resources. No matter where you are in life today you can experience greater well-being.

Please contact Deborah for a free consultation. She also offers coaching by phone for those who live outside of the Asheville, NC area.