Miriam Akhtar Positive Psychology: Coaching, Courses, Consultancy, Communications
Personal Coaching: A positive alternative to therapy
Short Courses in Positive Psychology
The Happiness Training Plan CD
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The story then... broadcast programmes
I started off in academia and then went into speech radio as a producer for the BBC World Service, LBC Radio and BBC Radio 4, where I won the Medical Journalists' Gold Award and a Sony Gold Award. I moved into television with Testimony Films, making award-winning social history programmes for Channel 4 and ITV1. I then channelled my social intelligence, visionary ability and creativity into developing new factual programmes for BBC1-4 to inform, educate and entertain. I've authored three books and specialize in writing about personal & professional development and positive mental health.
The story now... positive psychology programmes
I have returned to academia and practise as a positive psychologist in particular in the education and health sectors. In the nineties I made a programme on the science of happiness for BBC Radio 4. It led subsequently to extensive personal research exploring ways to increase well-being. I trained as a coach and NLP practitioner in order to put the knowledge I'd acquired into practice with clients and have since become one of Britain's first positive psychologists, holding a Masters in the science of optimal human functioning from the University of East London, the only such course in Europe.