Positive Affect Treatment (PAT)

Brighten Your Life with PAT

Positive Affect Treatment (PAT) is a cutting-edge, evidence-based treatment designed to increase positive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Using a structured approach, PAT also reduces anxiety, depression, and stress – helping people feel less negative and more positive.

What is PAT?

PAT is a structured therapy that is designed to help people be more positive. It involves increasing enjoyable or meaningful activities, modifying thoughts to be more positive, and cultivating positivity through mindfulness-based exercises. PAT can help with:

Depression

Depression

Anhedonia (experiencing little-to-no interest or joy)

Anhedonia (experiencing little-to-no interest or joy)

Anxiety

Anxiety

Stress

Stress

How Does PAT Work?

PAT targets positive aspects of life – enhancing the ways in which we anticipate, pursue, enjoy, or learn about positive outcomes of life. PAT helps clients:

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Feel more positive and less negative

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Redirect attention towards true, meaningful positives

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Take action to create a positive, fulfilling life.

Why Choose PAT with Dr. Zbozinek?

PAT is one of the very few therapies that not only decreases negative emotions but also increases positive emotions. Developed at UCLA’s Anxiety and Depression Research Center (where Dr. Zbozinek is Associate Director), PAT is an effective treatment that very few therapists know how to conduct due to its cutting-edge nature. Dr. Zbozinek conducts PAT with kindness, empathy, and encouragement to help your next chapter in life be a positive one.

Reinvigorate Your Positivity – Schedule Your Online PAT Session Today!