To understand positive psychology, one needs only to scrutinize the changes that helped a person, people, or institution thrive. At the Center of Applied Positive Psychology, Bulgarian-born Tatiana Pavlova-Coleman—who has a master's degree in applied positive psychology—applies these overarching trends to her individual clients. She augments traditional psychological methods with new techniques aimed specifically at achieving happiness in the present and future, often based on how clients did so in the past.