Dr Carmel Proctor is director of the Positive Psychology Research Centre (PPRC). Carmel was awarded her PhD from the School of Psychology, University of Leicester. Carmel also holds an MA in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia, Canada, an MSc in Psychology and Psychotherapy from the Existential Academy, London, and a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, Canada. Carmel has written, co-written, and edited papers, book chapters, and books and is on the editorial board of international journal Social Indicators Research and the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research and the Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Carmel is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and co-author of Strengths Gym (PPRC, 2016) a character strengths-based educational course with proven positive impact on child life satisfaction. Carmel is also an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and registered member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).