Nossrat Peseschkian

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Nossrat Peseschkian

Nossrat Peseschkian (born June 18, 1933 in Kaschan , Iran ; † April 27, 2010 in Wiesbaden , Germany ) was a German neurologist , psychiatrist and psychotherapist of Iranian origin. He is the founder of positive psychotherapy (PPT) , which he has been developing since 1968.

Life

Born and raised in Iran, Peseschkian came to Germany in 1954 and studied medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau , Mainz and Frankfurt am Main , taking the state examination in 1960 in Frankfurt am Main. After his specialist training (neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy ), his doctorate (1968) and further training in psychotherapy in Germany, Switzerland , Austria and the United States , he opened a practice and day clinic in Wiesbaden in 1968. After extensive journeys, academic and seminars in the field of depth psychology, he presented "differentiation analysis" as a new, transcultural method in lectures in the early 1970s, which he called "positive psychotherapy" after its further development from 1977 onwards. In a study started in 1995 with around 300 patients under practical conditions, its effectiveness in various diseases was proven. Positive psychotherapy is one of the humanistic and transcultural psychodynamic psychotherapies and can also integrate systemic, conversational and behavioral elements.

In 1977 Peseschkian became president of the newly founded German Society for Positive Psychotherapy e. V. and has since been the editor of the "Journal for Positive Psychotherapy" which he founded. The training in positive psychotherapy was later certified and recertified by the EAP committees as a Europe-wide training method and as scientifically sound. In 1988, together with his colleague Hans Deidenbach, he published the questionnaire "Wiesbaden Inventory of Positive Psychotherapy and Family Therapy WIPPF" in a folder which also contained the seven-page sheet "Initial Interview" he developed and a patient and therapist calendar for self-observation. The systematic first interview sheet was a new feature for psychodynamic therapy in 1988. An international version of the WIPPF, which was further developed by his staff, was translated into several languages ​​and used in research.

Peseschkian had been a lecturer at the Academy for Medical Training of the State Medical Association of Hesse since 1976. In 1979 he received personal training authorization for psychotherapy from the State Medical Association of Hesse, which was expanded in 1996 as the Wiesbaden training group for psychotherapy and family therapy WIPF for the further training of doctors in psychotherapy. In 1994 he became the first president of the world association “International Centers for Positive Psychotherapy e. V. ”, which in 2008 became part of the“ World Association for Positive Psychotherapy WAPP e. V. ”, of which he was president until 2010. In 1998 he was appointed honorary professor at the National Psychoneurological Research Institute Bechterew in Saint Petersburg . He was a member of numerous specialist societies. In 2000 he founded the Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy , state-recognized as a training center for psychological psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy and subsequently one of the leading depth psychological training institutes in Germany. Since 1990 Peseschkian has worked in working groups of the European Association for Psychotherapy EAP on a European harmonization of psychotherapeutic training standards.

Peseschkian held seminars and lectures in over 60 countries, published 26 books. Some of them, like the book “The Merchant and the Parrot” on the application of stories and transcultural examples in psychotherapy, one of his main areas of work, have been translated into many languages. Other focal points of his work were the development of a transcultural psychotherapy and a transcultural form of family therapy.

In 2005 Peseschkian founded the International Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy - Peseschkian Foundation in Wiesbaden a. a. with the foundation's mandate to be the information and communication center for the centers, institutes and organizations for positive and transcultural psychotherapy existing in the various countries and to make a contribution to peace development and conflict research. In 2015 there were seven national societies (Germany, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosova, Turkey, Ethiopia) and centers for positive psychotherapy in about 18 other countries.

Peseschkian was married, had two sons and four grandchildren. Peseschkian was a follower of the Baha'i religion, about which he also wrote some works and which shaped his image of man.

Awards

  • Richard Merten Prize , 1997, for his work “Computer-aided Quality Assurance in Positive Psychotherapy”.
  • Ernst von Bergmann plaque , 1998, from the Presidium of the German Medical Association for its long-term training activities.
  • Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande , 2006, from the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany for his research, scientific work and intercultural and transcultural activities.
  • International Avicenna Prize , 2006, from the Association of Iranian Doctors and Dentists in the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Prize Encyclopaedia Iranica in Geneva , 2006, from the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University , New York.

Fonts (selection)

  • Everyday Psychotherapy. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1974.
  • Positive psychotherapy. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1977.
  • Positive family therapy. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1980.
  • The merchant and the parrot. Oriental Stories in Positive Psychotherapy. 30th edition. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009.
  • Psychosomatics and Positive Psychotherapy. 8th edition. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005.
  • The naked emperor or: How to understand and heal the soul of children and young people. 2nd Edition. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005.
  • with K. Jork: Salutogenesis and Positive Psychotherapy. 2nd Edition. Hans Huber, Bern 2006.
  • with Udo Boessmann: Anxiety and depression in everyday life. A guide to self-help and positive psychotherapy. 6th edition. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007.
  • If you want what you've never had, do what you've never done. 14th edition. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2005.
  • Believe in God and tie up your camel. Why religion is good for our souls. Verlag Kreuz, Stuttgart 2008.
  • with Raymond Battegay : Stairway to Happiness. 50 answers to the central questions in life. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007.
  • with Günther Sachse: I can handle diabetes. Back to inner balance with positive psychotherapy. Trias Verlag, Stuttgart 2001.
  • What's on your mind? Understand the emotional significance of cardiovascular symptoms. Trias Verlag, Stuttgart 2005.
  • with Nawid Peseschkian and Hamid Peseschkian: Joy of life instead of stress. Impetus, exercises, oriental wisdom. 2nd Edition. Trias Verlag, Stuttgart 2009.

In total, Nossrat Peseschkian has published 27 monographs - several times with co-authors - and around 240 articles in specialist journals.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death report at buchmarkt.de, April 27, 2010 (accessed on April 28, 2010)
  2. ^ T. Kornbichler, M. Peseschkian: Nossrat Peseschkian. Orient - Occident. Positive psychotherapy in a dialogue between cultures. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15861-3 .
  3. ↑ Psychotherapy of everyday life. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1974.
  4. ↑ K. Tritt, TH Loew, M. Meyer, Birgit Werner and others: Positive Psychotherapy: Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary Approach. In: Eur. J. Psychiat. Vol. 13, N ° 4, 1999, pp. 231-241.
  5. ↑ H. Peseschkian, A. Remmers: Positive Psychotherapy. 2013, ISBN 978-3-497-02345-5 , pp. 13-19.
  6. ↑ Positive Psychotherapy. In: Alfred Pritz (Ed.): Globalized Psychotherapy. Facultas, 2002, ISBN 3-85076-605-5 .
  7. ↑ Zschr Positive Psychotherapy. ISSN  0942-1203
  8. ↑ europsyche.org
  9. ↑ europsyche.org
  10. ↑ N. Peseschkian, H. Deidenbach: Wiesbaden inventory of positive psychotherapy and family therapy WIPPF. Springer Verlag, 1988.
  11. ↑ H. Peseschkian, A. Remmers: Positive Psychotherapy. 2013, ISBN 978-3-497-02345-5 .
  12. ^ N. Peseschkian: The merchant and the parrot. Oriental Stories in Positive Psychotherapy. 1979, ISBN 3-596-23300-3 .
  13. ↑ positum.org.ua
  14. ↑ N. Peseschkian: Positive family therapy. 1980, ISBN 3-596-23300-3 .
  15. ↑ peseschkian-stiftung.de ( Memento from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ richard-merten-preis.de
personal data
SURNAME Peseschkian, Nossrat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapeutic doctor
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Kashan , Iran
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2010
Place of death Wiesbaden , Germany