Using Positive Psychology in Occupational Therapy: Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect a person’s ability to engage in occupations like housework, self-care, education, employment, maintaining relationships, and social or leisure activities, which can have negative consequences on mental well-being (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2015). Occupational therapy for PTSD is efficacious and has a long legacy (AOTA, 2015; Cogan, 2014). Occupational therapy practitioners are distinctly skilled at helping individuals