麻豆传媒

Tharina Guse is a Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
She is one of the lead researchers of the , which is an annual survey covering 13 countries that measures people’s hopes and expectations for the coming year, but also how much their hopes were fulfilled in the prior year. Interestingly, African countries have high levels of hope, which seems to stem from a trust in resources in the community and the people around us as well as faith-based trust.
Her research interests include psychological well-being, psychological strengths (particularly hope and gratitude), positive psychology interventions and the application of hypnosis for mental health promotion. She has published and presented several papers and workshops on implementing hypnosis as positive psychological intervention.