POSITIVE FAMILY-THERAPY - A HOLISTIC AND TRANSCULTURAL APPROACH

Positive Psychotherapy and Positive Family Therapy, founded by Nossrat Peseschkian, is a conflict-centrated short-therapy which belongs to the humanistic psychologies. This method good bases on three pillars. The positive concept means that man is good by nature, and that through the use of positive interpretations and stories, the self-help potential of the patient can be mobilised. Examples from other cultures are used for broadening of the perspective. The balance model looks at man as a unity of body, mind, emotions and soul. Positive Psychotherapy encourages the client to see his own capabilities and establish a balance in his daily-life through the development of his physical, intellectual, socio-emotional and spititual capabilities. The five-stage-integral therapy encourages the patient to become a therapist for his own environment and Here he learns communication and consultation techniques how to get from the conflict to its solution. The use of other psychotherapeutical methods helps to be flexible and to orient to the needs of the patient. Positive Psychotherapy and Family Therapy has been introduced in more than 60 countries, and beside the headquarters in Germany, there are 20 centres and an association for Positive Psychotherapy now existing in Russia and other former Soviet Republics.