We are a team of health and business professionals dedicated to bringing more hope into the world through education, assessment, research and training. 

We are a relatively 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 assess and increase hope.  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 US National Institute of Health Grant. Below is a list of the resources we have developed and can offer.

We have developed:

• An Assessment Scale for Hope in Children & Teens 

• Youth Hope Workshops

• An Assessment Scale for Hope in Adults

• An Assessment Scale for Nine Types of Adult Hopelessness

• An Assessment Scale for a Workplace (how hopeful is a workplace)

• An Assessment Scale for a Prison Facility (how hopeful is a prison facility)

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We can partner in:

• Hope Program Evaluation & Development

• Training In Hope Assessment & Interventions

• Hope-Centered Research Collaborations 

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