What is gratitude? Gratitude is the quality of being thankful, readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Research over recent years has mostly been conducted on well-functioning people and tends to show that those who exhibit gratitude tend to be happier and less depressed. In a recent study, published in Psychotherapy Research (see full citation below), a randomized control trial was conducted to test a gratitude adjunctive intervention for psychotherapy clients. View Post “Why Keep a Gratitude Journal?”