Positive Family Therapy

Author: Nossrat Peseschkian
Publisher: Sterling
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 338
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120718399

Description

Focuses on the given capacity of the family as a whole to deal with conflicts within the family and the afflictions of its members through group discussions.

Known as the founder of the Positive Psychotherapy Prof. Peseschkian presents a transcultural perspective in the form of proverbs, myths and fables in which the patient may recognize himself in allegorical terms and thus be able to establish a new form of self-confidence and security. The author's model of Positive Psychotherapy is a synthesis of psychodynamics' and behavior therapy that focuses on the positive aspects of the conflicts and sufferings.