Seeds and trees

Author: N. Peseschkian (Germany), translated by Xue Siliang
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: "Positive Psychotherapy" is an integrative model combining psychoanalytic and behavioral therapies, focusing on the positive aspects of conflict and distress. It evaluates psychological issues from cultural and historical perspectives, emphasizing the importance of actual and potential abilities of individuals, as well as psychosocial factors. During the therapeutic process, it employs intuition and imagination, using stories as a medium between therapists and patients. It views patients as self-help-capable individuals, eliminates negative imaginings of patients, and thus achieves therapeutic goals. "Positive Psychotherapy" is an attempt at a cross-cultural psychological therapy, which has been applied in clinical practice by some psychotherapists in China.