Positive Family Therapy: The Family as Therapist [Paperback]

The author's principal aim is to win over the patient through the development of the positive aspects of his psychopathology-a concern the significance of which I have also discovered, especially in schizophrenic therapy. It is in this specific sense that Peseschkian speaks of positive psychotherapy. His model is a notable synthesis of psychodynamic and behavior-therapeutic elements, making an essential contribution to unified relationships within psychotherapy. In this way Peseschkian is attempting not to directly confront the patient's resistances. The consultation takes place in a loving way through allusions to poetry, proverbs and oriental fairy tales and myths, to which Peseschkian, as a Persian, has direct access. His ability to offer his patient a great treasure of handed-down wisdom knows no bounds. Anyone who has personally experi? enced the author's therapeutic enthusiasm and optimism will understand why this method of short psychotherapeutic procedure is highly successful in its effects. Professor Gaetano Benedetti, M. D.List of Stories.- A Story for the Positive Process: The Dream.- Six Theses of Positive Family Therapy.- I. Introduction to the Theory of Positive Family Therapy.- 1. The Situation in Science, Religion, Education, and Psychotherapy.- 2. What Is Family Therapy?.- 3. What Does Positive Family Therapy Mean?.- 4. Guidelines for the Reader.- II. Transcultural Psychotherapy (The East-West Concept).- 1. Social Changes and the Image of Man.- 2. Practical Aspects of the East-West Concept in Family Therapy.- III. From Family Therapy to Positive Family Therapy.- 1. The Family as Hell.- 2. The Family as Heaven.- 3. The Family as Fate.- 4. Forms of the Family.- 5. The Family Equilibrium.- 6. Family Therapy: Who Should be Treated?.- 7. Family or Clinic.- 8. The Development of Family Therapy.- 9. What Does Positive Family Therapy Deal With?.- IV. The Tools of Positive Family Therapy.- 1. The Three Pillars of Positive Family Therapy.- 2. The Posilcò