Positive Psychology can been seen as a scientific revolution. With its arrival the landscape of the discipline has changed forever.

Human strenghts, happiness, positive emotions, wisdom, creativity, love, forgiveness, optimism, personal growth, humor, just to name a few, were traditionally distinct research domains, far from central to psychological endeavors, if not viewed through the lens of psychopathology.

Positive Psychology is the study of what makes live worth living; it is the study of conditions and processes that lead to optimal functioning.

Fredrike Bannink is the author of Positieve psychologie in de praktijk[Positive Psychology in practice) (Amsterdam: Hogrefe, 2009), which was published in a German translation in 2012: Praxis der Positiven Psychologie (Gottingen: Hogrefe).

She is an international trainer and keybote speaker.

She is a member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), the European Network for Positive Psychology (ENPP) en the Dutch Positive Psychology Network (NPP).

Her book Practicing Positive CBT. From reducing distress to building success was published by Wiley in 2012.
Also in 2012 her Dutch book Positieve supervisie & intervisie [Positive Supervision & Intervision] was published by HogrefeNL.