Lea Waters
Positive psychology researcher and author
Lea Waters is an Australian psychologist and professor at the University of Melbourne. She wrote The Strength Switch, a book on strength-based parenting.
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Australian Born 1971 in Lara, Australia
About Lea Waters
At the University of Melbourne, Waters set up the Centre for Wellbeing Science, which was earlier named the Centre for Positive Psychology. Her research covers positive psychology, resilience, school psychology and parenting. She served as President of the International Positive Psychology Association from 2017 to 2019. In 2020 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia. She also founded Visible Wellbeing, an initiative that brings wellbeing science into schools. In The Strength Switch, Waters looks at how parents can help children and teens flourish by focusing on their strengths. The book has been translated into languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish.