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Positive Psychotherapy

Theory and Practice of a New Method

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Nossrat Peseschkian

    1. Wiesbaden, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Introduction

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 1-7

  3. Approaching Positive Psychotherapy

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 8-40

  4. Introduction to Differentiation Analysis (Positive Psychotherapy)

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 41-92

  5. Basic Capacities

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 93-151

  6. Reaction Types — Concepts — Misunderstandings

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 152-225

  7. The First Interview in Positive Psychotherapy

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 226-270

  8. The Five Stages of Treatment in Positive Psychotherapy

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 271-364

  9. Positive Psychotherapy and Other Psychotherapies

    • Nossrat Peseschkian
    Pages 365-412

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 413-443
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The union of Eastern and European points of view in an effective psycho­ therapy, such as is described by the author, is very salutary. Especially the parables portray, in attractive symbolism, the wisdom ofthe East, in which psychological insights are represented in what seems to be the simplest way. The author understands how to bring his heritage to bear upon psy­ chotherapy. Although the categories of his psychological system, for ex­ ample basic capacities and actual capacities, certainly represent only one of many possible theoretical conceptions, we must conclude from his re­ port that they can be used effectively in treatment. To be sure, such a sy­ stem of categories, such a metapsychology, will be of greater assistance to the therapist than to the patient in explanation and clarification. In the fi­ nal analysis the only essential thing for the patient who seeks out the psy­ chotherapist for help is whether the physician or psychologist is candid with hirn and accepts hirn unconditionally, no matter what he is like. Peseschkian's "positive psychotherapy" and the author's lucid personal conduct transmit to the reader the impression that a born psychotherapist, with a special motivation to assist professionally those who consult hirn in the resolution of their conflicts, is at work. I wish the author complete suc­ cess with this book. Prof. Raymond Battegay, M. D.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wiesbaden, Germany

    Nossrat Peseschkian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Positive Psychotherapy

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice of a New Method

  • Authors: Nossrat Peseschkian

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70715-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-15794-6Published: 01 July 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70715-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 442

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by S. Fischer, Frankfurt 1977

  • Topics: Psychotherapy

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