Dr. Wayne Hammond, PhD

Dr. Hammond is a founding partner and CSO with Flourishing Life Technologies in Calgary, Alberta and holds an adjunct status with Ambrose University and the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.  Wayne is a Senior Advisor to the Certified Flourishing Coaching Program™.

Over the past 30 years, Wayne has primarily worked with complex youth and their families and is considered a leading expert on the concept of resilience and positive psychology and its application to positive youth and adult development as well as enhancing strengths capacity building and well-being in the context of academic, organizational and community culture.  He has served in clinical supervisory capacities, worked in a comprehensive residential treatment centre and has provided clinical services in an inpatient/outpatient forensic setting as well as an adolescent comorbidity program based in a hospital setting. 

As part of his professional practice, Wayne has published several scientific articles and developed an innovative framework for evaluating resilience and human flourishing.  He has also been an active lecturer with regard to understanding the role of human flourishing and well-being and the implications for nurturing positive coping and mental health through a strength-based approach to preparing people and organizations to thrive.  His speciality is neuroscience and the evidence around resiliency.

Dr. Hammond is a Senior Advisor to Certified Flourishing Coaching™ and to the Global Coaching Certification Association.  As the Founding Partner and CSO of Flourishing Life, Dr. Hammond is partnering in our efforts to create strengths-based practice and coaching models for various certifications that draw upon the Flourishing Life model of applied practice and the use of the Flourishing Life Questionnaire (FLQ).  Dr. Wayne is excited to facilitate the Certified Flourishing Coaching™ Program in Calgary, Alberta.