Traditional paradigms in counseling and clinical psychology literature have placed a tremendous emphasis on pathology-driven models. The search to classify what was wrong with the individual dates back to 1833 when Emil Kraepelin published the first classification of adult psychopathologies. Kraepelin (1833) assumed an organic etiology for each disease classification and led the way for the diseasefocused zeitgeist in psychology. Pietrofesa, Hoffman, and Slete (1984), for instance, describe psychotherapy as an enterprise that deals with the more serious problems of mental illness. For Trotzer & Trotzer (1986), the goal of psychotherapy is to develop a long-term relationship focused on reconstructive change. More recently, the growing field of developmental psychopathology has attempted to understand how developmental processes contribute to the onset and formation of psychopathology throughout the life span (Wenar & Kerig, 2001). While this literature asks important questions about childrens’ well being, exploration is also needed about critical issues connected to health promotion and prevention. If developmental variables such as behavior, unconscious processes, and cognition can contribute to maladaptive behaviors and poor emotional health, wouldn’t we expect to see the same combination of factors contribute to positive, adaptive behaviors?