WIESBADEN ACADEMY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

Brief Information on the Status of the Academy and its Activities

• The WIESBADEN ACADEMY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (WIAP) (Wiesbadener Akademie für Psychotherapie) is a state-licensed postgraduate institute for the training in psychotherapy. At the same time, it is acting as the headquarters for several national, continental and international associations in the field of psychotherapy. It is based in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany. It is officially triple-licensed for the postgraduate training of medical doctors, psychologists and pedagogues in (psychodynamic) psychotherapy. Its founder is Prof. Nossrat Peseschkian; managing director is Dr. Hamid Peseschkian. There is an Advisory Council of Trainers, and more than 50 trainers and professors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Academy conducts transcultural research in different parts of the world, and has agreements of cooperation with universities and institutes worldwide. Out of 172 postgraduate psychotherapy institutes in Germany, the WIAP-Academy belongs to the TOP 4 with more than 320 candidates in training; it is the largest for psychodynamic psychotherapy in Germany.

• EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CENTERS FOR POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY (EFCPP). The EFCPP is the umbrella organization of national, regional and local centers of Positive Psychotherapy in Europe. It fulfils, at present, the tasks of a European Association of Positive Psychotherapy, and represents the interests of Positive Psychotherapy at the continental level in Europe. Its main fields are training, teaching, research and psychotherapeutic practice, and the different member countries and centers also pursue these activities. The EFCPP was formally established in 1997, and has been approved by the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP) on 24.10.1998 as a European Wide Organization (EWO) and a European Wide Accrediting Organization (EWAO). It belongs to the few organizations in Europe with this status, which gives the EFCPP the permission to train psychotherapists over five years according to the European Certificate for Psychotherapy (ECP). Its Head Office is in Wiesbaden, Germany. The EFCPP has evolved from the International Center of Positive Psychotherapy (ICPP), which is the international umbrella organization of Positive Psychotherapy. At present, the following countries are represented with their centers in the EFCPP: Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey. Associations of Positive Psychotherapy exist in Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Romania; others are being formed.

• THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY Inc. (ICPP). The ICPP is the international umbrella organization of all activities in the field of Positive Psychotherapy, and has, at the present, a similar function to an international association of Positive Psychotherapy. It is officially registered in Wiesbaden, Germany, and is governed by an international Board of Directors, which consists of 12 members from 9 different countries and 4 continents.  The ICPP has organized International Congresses for Positive Psychotherapy in: St. Petersburg, Russia (1997), Wiesbaden, Germany (2000), Varna, Bulgaria (2003), and Famagusta, Cyprus (2007). Today, Positive Psychotherapy has been established in more than 20 countries, and introduced in more than 60 countries worldwide through members of the ICPP. It conducts training seminars worldwide, and offers annual International Training Seminars in Germany. After some basic training and further experience, it is possible to become according to the ICPP-regulations a certified psychotherapist for Positive Psychotherapy, and later a Basic or Master Trainer for Positive Psychotherapy. Official Website: www.positum.org

• GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY Inc. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transkulturelle und Positive Psychotherapie e.V.). The German Association of Positive Psychotherapy (DGPP) was founded in 1977 as the first national association of Positive Psychotherapy. It consists of more than 110 members. Its present  president is Dr. Sheyda Rafat. Website: www.positum.org

• THE HISTORY OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY has its beginning in 1968, when Prof. Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian founded this new conflict-centred, humanistic method, based on his transcultural research in over 20 cultures. Some years later (in 1977), the Wiesbaden Training Institute for Psychotherapy and Family therapy (WIPF) was founded, which is accredited by the State Medical Chamber for the postgraduate training of medical doctors in psychotherapy. Since then more than 4,000 doctors in Germany have been trained in Positive Psychotherapy. In accordance with the new German law on Psychotherapy, in 1999 the Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy (WIAP) was formed, which has been licensed by the State Ministry for Medical Professions for the postgraduate training of psychologists. The main focus of the Academy is on psychodynamic psychotherapy. Since 1974, the method of Positive Psychotherapy has been introduced in more than 80 countries worldwide, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s the first Centers of Positive Psychotherapy were established. The EFCPP has engaged itself specially in the establishing of psychotherapy in Eastern Europe, and today in countries such as Russia, Bulgaria and Romania, Positive Psychotherapy is one of the most well-known and well-established psychotherapeutic methods. Due to the engagement of many colleagues, it has been possible to contribute to the formulation of psychotherapeutic laws in several countries. In Russia alone are more than 20 regional centers of Positive Psychotherapy. Outside of Europe, Positive Psychotherapy is specially represented in China, India, Bolivia and South Africa. In all these countries, thousands of doctors, psychologists and teachers have been trained in hundreds of training seminars in Positive Psychotherapy. Transcultural research has been always very important in the field of Positive Psychotherapy, as it claims to be a transcultural psychotherapeutic method. Results of these researches have been presented at numerous national and international conferences, and approximately 20 Ph.D. dissertations have been successfully defended on topics related to Positive Psychotherapy. Books on Positive Psychotherapy have been published in many European languages, and have been among the first ones in Eastern Europe. The members of the EFCPP have been the main force behind the three World Conferences on Positive Psychotherapy.

• Head Office: Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy, Luisenstraße 28, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel. +49-611-373707, Fax: +49-611-39990 E-mail: infowiap.de  Website: www.positum.org, www.wiap.de

Positive Psychotherapy – An Overview

Positive Psychotherapy is a short-term psychotherapeutic method, with a psychodynamic model, a humanistic world-view, and a transcultural approach. It has been developed since 1968 by Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian and his co-workers in Germany, and is today an officially accepted method in the field of postgraduate training in many countries.

The method of Positive Psychotherapy based on transcultural researches in over 20 cultures, and based on three main principles:

The positive concept: The world-view is based on the concept that “every human-being is good by nature” and “endowed with a lot of capabilities and a great potential.” This positive image of man – that everybody has the two basic capabilities “to love” and “to know” – has led to the concept that illnesses and disorders are some kind of capability, and are therefore interpreted in a positive way. E.g. depression regarded as “the capability to react with deep emotions on conflicts”. Through the further use of stories, anecdotes and examples from other cultures the patient is encouraged to play a more active role in his own healing process. Positive Psychotherapy believes that every human-being is an entity of body, mind, emotions and soul, and the aim of the therapeutic process is to help the client to develop his capabilities and find the balance in his or her life.

The Conflict Contents and Conflict Dynamics: A main model of Positive Psychotherapy is the Balance Model, and the patient is encouraged to develop all sphere of life and to distribute his daily energy equally in the four spheres of body, work/achievement, contacts/relationships, and future/fantasy.

The Five-Stage-Therapy: With the help of a structured five-stage-procedure, the patient is led from his symptoms to the solution of his conflict. In the aspect of self-help, he is also encouraged to become a therapist for his own family and environment. Here, elements of other methods are applied in order to secure a flexible approach to the unique needs of every client. This interdisciplinary approach of Positive Psychotherapy presents a framework in which different methods can work and cooperate together.

Since 1968, Positive Psychotherapy is applied mainly in the following areas: psychotherapy, counselling, education, prevention and management training. In Germany, the Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy is licensed by the State Medical Chamber in Hessen for the postgraduate training of physicians in psychotherapy, and by the State Ministry for Health Professions for the training of psychologists. Since 1974, more than 4,000 doctors have been trained in Germany with this method, and since the late 1980s several thousand colleagues in Eastern European counties.. Its affairs are coordinated by the International Center of Positive Psychotherapy, which has its headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. Besides training, teaching and practical psychotherapy, a main emphasis has been transcultural research. In 1997, a quality assurance and effectiveness study was undertaken in Germany, and the results show the high effectivity of this short-term method. The study was awarded with the Richard-Merten-Prize 1997. Today there are more than 15 major books on Positive Psychotherapy, of which some have been published in more than 20 languages. About 20 Ph.D. dissertations have been prepared with topics related to this new concept.

Head Office: International Center of Positive Psychotherapy, Luisenstrasse 28, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel. +49-611-373707, Fax: +49-611-39990, E-mail: info@wiap.de, Website: www.positum.org, www.wiap.de

Brief Information on the Status of the Academy and its Activities

 ·         The WIESBADEN ACADEMY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (WIAP) (Wiesbadener Akademie für Psychotherapie) is a state-licensed postgraduate institute for the training in psychotherapy. At the same time, it is acting as the headquarters for several national, continental and international associations in the field of psychotherapy. It is based in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany. It is officially triple-licensed for the postgraduate training of medical doctors, psychologists and pedagogues in (psychodynamic) psychotherapy. Its founder is Prof. Nossrat Peseschkian; managing director is Dr. Hamid Peseschkian. There is an Advisory Council of Trainers, and more than 50 trainers and professors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Academy conducts transcultural research in different parts of the world, and has agreements of cooperation with universities and institutes worldwide. Out of 172 postgraduate psychotherapy institutes in Germany, the WIAP-Academy belongs to the TOP 4 with more than 320 candidates in training; it is the largest for psychodynamic psychotherapy in Germany.

·         EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CENTERS FOR POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY (EFCPP). The EFCPP is the umbrella organization of national, regional and local centers of Positive Psychotherapy in Europe. It fulfils, at present, the tasks of a European Association of Positive Psychotherapy, and represents the interests of Positive Psychotherapy at the continental level in Europe. Its main fields are training, teaching, research and psychotherapeutic practice, and the different member countries and centers also pursue these activities. The EFCPP was formally established in 1997, and has been approved by the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP) on 24.10.1998 as a European Wide Organization (EWO) and a European Wide Accrediting Organization (EWAO). It belongs to the few organizations in Europe with this status, which gives the EFCPP the permission to train psychotherapists over five years according to the European Certificate for Psychotherapy (ECP). Its Head Office is in Wiesbaden, Germany. The EFCPP has evolved from the International Center of Positive Psychotherapy (ICPP), which is the international umbrella organization of Positive Psychotherapy. At present, the following countries are represented with their centers in the EFCPP: Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey. Associations of Positive Psychotherapy exist in Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Romania; others are being formed.

·         THE WORDL ASSOCIATION OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY Inc. (WAPP). The ICPP is the international umbrella organization of all activities in the field of Positive Psychotherapy, and has, at the present, a similar function to an international association of Positive Psychotherapy. It is officially registered in Wiesbaden, Germany, and is governed by an international Board of Directors, which consists of 12 members from 9 different countries and 4 continents.  The ICPP has organized International Congresses for Positive Psychotherapy in: St. Petersburg, Russia (1997), Wiesbaden, Germany (2000), Varna, Bulgaria (2003), and Famagusta, Cyprus (2007). Today, Positive Psychotherapy has been established in more than 20 countries, and introduced in more than 60 countries worldwide through members of the ICPP. It conducts training seminars worldwide, and offers annual International Training Seminars in Germany. After some basic training and further experience, it is possible to become according to the ICPP-regulations a certified psychotherapist for Positive Psychotherapy, and later a Basic or Master Trainer for Positive Psychotherapy. Official Website: www.positum.org

·         GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY (DGPP) Inc. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transkulturelle und Positive Psychotherapie e.V.). The German Association of Positive Psychotherapy was founded in 1977 as the first national association of Positive Psychotherapy. It consists of more than 110 members. Its present  president is Dr. Sheyda Rafat. Website: www.positum.org

·         THE HISTORY OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY has its beginning in 1968, when Prof. Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian founded this new conflict-centred, humanistic method, based on his transcultural research in over 20 cultures. Some years later (in 1977), the Wiesbaden Training Institute for Psychotherapy and Family therapy (WIPF) was founded, which is accredited by the State Medical Chamber for the postgraduate training of medical doctors in psychotherapy. Since then more than 4,000 doctors in Germany have been trained in Positive Psychotherapy. In accordance with the new German law on Psychotherapy, in 1999 the Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy (WIAP) was formed, which has been licensed by the State Ministry for Medical Professions for the postgraduate training of psychologists. The main focus of the Academy is on psychodynamic psychotherapy. Since 1974, the method of Positive Psychotherapy has been introduced in more than 80 countries worldwide, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s the first Centers of Positive Psychotherapy were established. The EFCPP has engaged itself specially in the establishing of psychotherapy in Eastern Europe, and today in countries such as Russia, Bulgaria and Romania, Positive Psychotherapy is one of the most well-known and well-established psychotherapeutic methods. Due to the engagement of many colleagues, it has been possible to contribute to the formulation of psychotherapeutic laws in several countries. In Russia alone are more than 20 regional centers of Positive Psychotherapy. Outside of Europe, Positive Psychotherapy is specially represented in China, India, Bolivia and South Africa. In all these countries, thousands of doctors, psychologists and teachers have been trained in hundreds of training seminars in Positive Psychotherapy. Transcultural research has been always very important in the field of Positive Psychotherapy, as it claims to be a transcultural psychotherapeutic method. Results of these researches have been presented at numerous national and international conferences, and approximately 20 Ph.D. dissertations have been successfully defended on topics related to Positive Psychotherapy. Books on Positive Psychotherapy have been published in many European languages, and have been among the first ones in Eastern Europe. The members of the EFCPP have been the main force behind the three World Conferences on Positive Psychotherapy.

·         Contact: Wiesbaden Acadademy of Psychotherapy, Luisenstraße 28, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel. +49-611-373707, Fax: +49-611-39990

E-mail: infowiap.de  Website: www.positum.org, www.wiap.de

Positive Psychotherapy – An Overview

Positive Psychotherapy is a short-term psychotherapeutic method, with a psychodynamic model, a humanistic world-view, and a transcultural approach. It has been developed since 1968 by Dr. Nossrat Peseschkian and his co-workers in Germany, and is today an officially accepted method in the field of postgraduate training in many countries.

The method of Positive Psychotherapy based on transcultural researches in over 20 cultures, and based on three main principles:

The positive concept: The world-view is based on the concept that “every human-being is good by nature” and “endowed with a lot of capabilities and a great potential.” This positive image of man – that everybody has the two basic capabilities “to love” and “to know” – has led to the concept that illnesses and disorders are some kind of capability, and are therefore interpreted in a positive way. E.g. depression regarded as “the capability to react with deep emotions on conflicts”. Through the further use of stories, anecdotes and examples from other cultures the patient is encouraged to play a more active role in his own healing process. Positive Psychotherapy believes that every human-being is an entity of body, mind, emotions and soul, and the aim of the therapeutic process is to help the client to develop his capabilities and find the balance in his or her life.

The Conflict Contents and Conflict Dynamics: A main model of Positive Psychotherapy is the Balance Model, and the patient is encouraged to develop all sphere of life and to distribute his daily energy equally in the four spheres of body, work/achievement, contacts/relationships, and future/fantasy.

The Five-Stage-Therapy: With the help of a structured five-stage-procedure, the patient is led from his symptoms to the solution of his conflict. In the aspect of self-help, he is also encouraged to become a therapist for his own family and environment. Here, elements of other methods are applied in order to secure a flexible approach to the unique needs of every client. This interdisciplinary approach of Positive Psychotherapy presents a framework in which different methods can work and cooperate together.

Since 1968, Positive Psychotherapy is applied mainly in the following areas: psychotherapy, counselling, education, prevention and management training. In Germany, the Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy is licensed by the State Medical Chamber in Hessen for the postgraduate training of physicians in psychotherapy, and by the State Ministry for Health Professions for the training of psychologists. Since 1974, more than 4,000 doctors have been trained in Germany with this method, and since the late 1980s several thousand colleagues in Eastern European counties.. Its affairs are coordinated by the International Center of Positive Psychotherapy, which has its headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. Besides training, teaching and practical psychotherapy, a main emphasis has been transcultural research. In 1997, a quality assurance and effectiveness study was undertaken in Germany, and the results show the high effectivity of this short-term method. The study was awarded with the Richard-Merten-Prize 1997. Today there are more than 15 major books on Positive Psychotherapy, of which some have been published in more than 20 languages. About 20 Ph.D. dissertations have been prepared with topics related to this new concept.

Head Office: World Association of Positive Psychotherapy, Langgasse 38-40, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany, Tel. +49-611-3411674, Fax: +49-611-3411675, E-mail: infowapp.de, Website: www.positum.org