Andrew J. Billups, Psy.D.
provides life coaching and positive psychology services for individuals who under-function in personal, business, and academic endeavors for reasons they cannot fully recognize or address successfully. Stated simply, in their current way of being in the world, they languish rather than flourish. Positive psychology offers a model for change.
Traditional Psychotherapy works from a disease model and attempts to help lift people from a below-normal level of functioning with a therapeutic focus on “fixing things.” Clients sometimes describe themselves as languishing and needing clinical psychiatric and psychological services.
Positive Psychology and coaching stem from a change model introduced by Abraham Maslow (1954) and further expanded by Martin Seligman (2000), among others, and seeks to help people who are relatively non-damaged move to a higher level of functioning where they might flourish.
Positive Psychology is “a scientifically-rooted approach to helping clients increase well-being, enhance and apply strengths, improve performance and achieve valued goals.” – Kauffman, Boniwell & Silberman, 2009
Positive Psychology does not entail the development of a medical record, filing of health insurance claims, or the undue exploration of one’s family of origin issues. Its focus is to help the client achieve and maintain a higher level of prosperity, life satisfaction, and happiness.
Individuals who wish to discuss their unique situation are invited to call 804-435-6777 to explore the possibility of our working together
