At the Forefront of the Buffer: the Convergence of Traditional and Positive Psychology

Abstract

The paper provides a holistic or rather a holographic representation of the evolution of a segment of psychological disciplines in the period of its critical self-organization within a so called VUCA-world (volatile, unpredictable, complex and ambiguous). The basic contradiction between Traditional and Positive Psychology are interpreted in terms of a source of development of a novel sphere of psychological research and practice called by the author Buffer or Transition Psychology. Its content is viewed through dialectical, psycho-immunal and clinical perspective. An original non-deficiency principal is defined and illustrated by a case of a severely traumatized woman: within one session she positively resolutes into a posttraumatic growth condition. The author raises challenging issues which open up promising discussions and practical implications into psychological and social research.