IPPA - International Positive Psychology Association

Dear IPPA Members,

We are excited to bring you the latest edition of our association newsletter.  In addition to announcements and an update on positive psychology activities in Europe, this month we turn our focus to the intersection of positive psychology and clinical psychology with four new articles from leaders who are bringing together these two important disciplines.  We hope you enjoy reading these contributions from Tayyab Rashid, Margarita Tarragona, Judy Saltzberg, and Giovanni Fava and Chiara Ruini.

If you have been following the newsletter closely this year, you might have noticed that each issue has shone a spotlight on the subject of one of our six new Divisions.  Our first issue in February brought updates from basic research stemming from last year's World Congress, our second issue in May featured contributions from the world of education, and today we turn to the  clinical Division.  Later this year we will bring you updates from the field of health, with coaching and organizations to follow in 2013.

Importantly, and excitingly, these articles in our newsletters represent just the tips of much bigger icebergs in each of these divisions.  There are far more articles we could pursue for each of these issues than time permits, and that is why we are so excited about the formation of these new communities within IPPA.  While we as an association must continue to broadly survey the field of positive psychology across the globe and across domains, there are leaders among us in each of these areas who can help us simultaneously look deeply into each discipline.