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Positive psychotherapy is a therapy model that stands out with its analytical and humanistic features. According to the positive psychotherapy approach, one of the important conflicts is the basic conflict. The conflicts between the concepts developed by the clients form the basis of the basic conflict. In order to solve the basic conflicts of the clients, it is first necessary to formulate their basic conflicts. This study aims to present a systematic model for formulating the basic conflict. In this direction, the DYNAMICS method was developed in the study. In this method, clients go through eight stages and examine their basic conflicts multi-faceted. With this method, clients realize their unmet needs and how they create pathological and healthy patterns to meet these needs. Psychotherapists can also help clients formulate their basic conflicts through this method. Concurrently, this method is compatible with the five stages of positive psychotherapy. The effectiveness of this model investigated by empirical research can be revealed in the future.

This research was conducted to explore the outcomes following the implementation of the self-help strategies recommended in "Psychological Transformation Journey and Finding Yourself Guide: 52 Weeks of Rebirth from a Positive Psychotherapy Perspective." Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study employed a single-group pre-test-post-test design for quantitative analysis and a phenomenological approach for qualitative insights. Data collection tools included a Demographic Information Form, a Qualitative Evaluation Form, and the Positive-Negative Affect Scale. The participant pool consisted of 179 psychological counselors and their 179 clients, who varied in educational background and profession. Quantitative results indicated notable enhancements in both positive and negative affect dimensions across areas such as achievement, body image, relationships, and fantasy-spirituality. Qualitatively, the study documented changes in participants' attitudes toward seeking psychological help, increased self-awareness, experimentation with new behaviors, enhanced social support, and self-acceptance. These findings suggest that guided self-reflection and support are critical in overcoming personal challenges and fostering growth and self-awareness, as reflected by participants' expressed gratitude and heightened motivation to tackle personal difficulties.

When the common features of the problems encountered in adolescence are examined, impulse control problems draw our attention. At this point, preventive and developmental studies are needed to help adolescents control impulses. It is important to examine the structures that can be used to explain impulsive behavior in order to transform impulsivity into a functional form. This study aims to examine whether primary and secondary capabilities, which are the basic concepts of positive psychotherapy, predict the impulsive behaviors of adolescents. The dependent variable in this research is impulsivity, its independent variables are primary and secondary capabilities. The participant group of the research is 225 male adolescent individuals between the ages of 14-19 who continue their secondary education. The Personal Information Form, the Barrat Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11), and the Wiesbaden Positive Psychotherapy and Family Therapy Inventory were used as data collection tools in the study. The data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis. As a result of the analysis, primary capabilities (R=0.376; R2=0.141; F=4.305; p

The process of positive psychotherapy works to resolve the key, actual and basic conflicts of the clients. Although many practitioners resolve these conflicts in their own way, standard and effective methods are needed. The aim of this study is to investigate the Trust-PHAL Method, which includes resolving actual conflict in five stages with five capabilities. There are five capabilities that we use in this method to resolve actual conflict: trustworthiness, politeness, honesty, achievement, loyalty. In other words, the method can be expressed as Trust (trustworthiness) P (Politeness) H (Honesty)A (Achievement) L(Loyalty). Each capability used is consistent with the five phases of positive psychotherapy. In the study, an example is given of how the Trust-PHAL Method is used in the psychotherapy process.

Every day, individuals can encounter events which cause them to check their wishes and impulses. They need to provide self-control in the face of these events. It is observed that psychotherapies aimed at increasing self-control are limited. Positive psychotherapy, which is a structural and analytical psychotherapeutic method, can expand our viewpoint on this subject. Structures in positive psychotherapy were examined in the context of using the balance model, coupled with the ability of self-control. The dependent variable of the research is self-control, the independent variable is positive psychotherapy structures. Of the 151 (52.6%) of the participants (52.6%) were women, 136 (47.4%) were men. The Personal Information Form, which was created by the researcher as a data collection tool, the self-control scales and Wiesbaden positive psychotherapy and family therapy inventory were used. Multiple regression analysis was performed during the analysis of the data. As a result of multiple regression analysis, primary abilities (r = .51, r2 = .26; f = 11.840; p