Dan Tomasulo

Ph.D.

Academic Director, Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University

https://www.dantomasulo.com/

Dr. Tomasulo is the Academic Director and core faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology, special section on Positive Psychology, and has been honored by Teachers College, Columbia University, with their 2021 Teaching Award.

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Dr. Tomasulo is the Academic Director and core faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University, and is on the teaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works with Martin Seligman. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology, special section on Positive Psychology, and has been honored by Teachers College, Columbia University, with their 2021 Teaching Award. His most recent book, Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression, is hailed as: “…the perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, and expansion of awareness” by Deepak Chopra, MD. Martin Seligman, Ph.D., adds: “This is the best go-to book on how to use hope to relieve your depression,” and Medical News Today, identified it as the 2021 best book for coping. VeryWellMind.com selected it as one of the best books by an expert on depression in 2022. Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as one of the top ten online influencers on the issue of depression. His new book, The Positivity Effect, will be released in the spring of 2023.