The paradigm changes everything.

Hope is the only positive emotion that requires negativity or uncertainty to be activated.

Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast.

Today we welcome Dan Tomasulo on the show.

Dan is a counseling psychologist, professor and the academic director at the

Spirituality Mind Body Institute, SMBI, at Teachers College Columbia University.

He holds a PhD in psychology and MFA in writing and a master's of applied positive

psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan is also the author of several books including American,

Snake Pit and Confessions of a Former Child, A Therapist, Memoir.

His latest book is called Learned Hopefulness.

In this episode I talked to Dan about psychodrama and Learned Hopefulness.

Interventions have always focused on helping people recover from trauma,

but Dan believes we can do more than that through psychodrama.

When we re-enact difficult experiences, we can process and integrate trauma

in a way that facilitates growth.

It also teaches us to perceive obstacles differently,

which is integral to learning hopefulness.

I've been friends with Dan for a while and he's one of the most genuine,

kindest and thoughtful humans I know.

I really hope you enjoy this episode and you want to laugh from him from the many areas

that he's pioneered including psychodrama.

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