Our mission is to bring more hope into the world through education, assessment, research and training. 

We are a new non-profit. However, our comprehensive, evidence-based approach to hope was developed from three decades of research by our founder, Harvard-trained clinical psychologist Dr. Anthony Scioli.  His "critical mass" model incorporates insights from psychology, philosophy, medicine, and scholars across the humanities. The critical MASS refers to Mastery, Attachment, Survival, and Spiritual virtues. These are the foundations of a hopeful character
 
We have developed a variety of tools to promote our work.  Every one of our tools has been designed using rigorous scientific criteria to assure reliability and validity.  Our hope assessment measures have been subjected to careful statistical analyses and tested with thousands of adults and children.  Our adolescent hope workshop was trial-tested through a National Institute of Health Grant. Below is a list of the resources we have developed or can provide.

We have developed:

• An Assessment for Hope in Children & Teens 

• Youth Hope Workshops

• An Assessment for Hope in Adults

• An Assessment of Nine Types of Adult Hopelessness

• An Assessment of a Workplace (how hopeful is your workplace)

• An Assessment of a Prison facility (how hopeful is a prison facility)

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We can assist with:

• Hope Program Evaluation & Development

• Training In Hope Assessment & Interventions

• Hope-Centered Research Collaborations 

We have provided consultations to countless students and colleagues seeking resources for hope research or personal growth.  In addition, we have provided trainings and consultations on hope to the following Individuals and organizations

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• Richard Cohen, Author of Chasing Hope (Husband of Meredith Vieira)

• Robert Emmons, Ph.D., Editor in Chief, Journal of Positive Psychology

• Antioch New England Graduate School   

• Behavioral Medicine Program - Harvard Medical School

• British Psychological Society - Clinical Division - UK

• Catholic University of Milan - Italy

• Diario da Regiao Newspaper - San Paulo, Brazil

• Fletcher Allen Health Center Pastoral Care - Vermont, USA

• Health Magazine 

• Mars, Inc. - UK 

• Massachusetts Department of Mental Health - USA

• Never Again Rwanda (Genocide Awareness/ Prevention) - Africa

• NBC Universal 

• Newsweek

• Oxford University Press 

• Prevention Magazine 

• Shape Magazine

• TEDxNewEngland

• The New England Psychologist - USA

• Sagentia Innovations - UK

• Spirituality and Health Magazine 

• Saint Luke Institute - Maryland, USA

• The Change Reaction - Los Angeles, USA

• The Templeton Foundation 

• The Wall Street Journal ​

• Vermont Department of Health - USA

• Word and Deed (Global Nonprofit) - The Netherlands 

• World Vision International (Global Nonprofit) - UK

• Youth and Family Services of South Dakota - USA

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