Strengths-Based Resilience Workbook

Tayyab Rashid, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school and clinical psychologist at the Health and Wellness Centre of the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). Tayyab's exper tise includes strengths-based assessment and interventions, positive education, posttraumatic growth, and multicultural counseling. Tayyab is coauthor with Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, of Positive Psychotherapy (2018). Tayyab's outstanding work has been recognized with, e.g. the Outstanding Practitioner Award (2017) from the International Positive Psychology Association.

Jane Gillham, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, educator, and researcher at Swarthmore College. Her research focuses on promoting resilience and well-being in youths and especially how schools, families, and communities help youths thrive. Jane is cocreator of the Penn Resilience Program (PRP), as well as several other well-being programs for youths. Jane also serves as a scientific advisor to CorStone, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting resilience and well-being in young people, especially those in poor and marginalized communities.

Ruth Louden, MEd, is a Career Coach in private practice. She is a trained facilitator in Strengths-Based Resilience (SBR) and holds a Foundations in Applied Mindfulness Meditation Certificate from the University of Toronto. Ruth managed a wide range of educational programs for co-operative education, career development and employment transition. She holds a MEd from the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) specializing in Career and Work and a MES from York University specializing in Quality of Work Life.

Afroze Anjum, PhD, CPsych, is a licensed school psychologist on the Toronto District School Board. Afroze's exper tise includes strengths-based, school-based interventions that incorporate character strengths, resilience, mindfulness, and adaptive problem solving, to cope with challenges such as depression and anxiety in children. She has worked as a researcher and training facilitator for the Penn Resilience Program and the Positive Psychology for Youth Project. Afroze is currently part of the Toronto District School Board's Wellbeing Committee in the wake of COVID-19.