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'''Nossrat Peseschkian''' (1933-2010) was an Iranian-born German psychiatrist, neurologist and psychotherapist, and the founder of Positive Psychotherapy. His use of stories, proverbs and cultural comparisons makes his writing relevant to the study of metaphor and narrative. | '''Nossrat Peseschkian''' (1933-2010) was an Iranian-born German psychiatrist, neurologist and psychotherapist, and the founder of Positive Psychotherapy. His use of stories, proverbs and cultural comparisons makes his writing relevant to the study of metaphor and narrative. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:03, 7 October 2026
Nossrat Peseschkian (1933-2010) was an Iranian-born German psychiatrist, neurologist and psychotherapist, and the founder of Positive Psychotherapy. His use of stories, proverbs and cultural comparisons makes his writing relevant to the study of metaphor and narrative.
Positive Psychotherapy
According to the history published by the World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (WAPP), Peseschkian developed his approach in Wiesbaden in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The association describes influences from humanistic psychology, encounters with other psychotherapists, transcultural observations and the Bahá'í faith. WAPP history.
The approach attends to capacities, conflicts and cultural context. The publisher's description of Positive Family Therapy presents its use of poetry, proverbs and stories as part of communication in therapy. This describes the method's approach; it is not evidence that a particular story will produce a particular result. Springer: Positive Family Therapy (1986 English edition).
Stories and metaphor
Oriental Stories as Tools in Psychotherapy: The Merchant and the Parrot combines stories with discussion of their use. A Springer-Verlag English edition was published in 1986. The older wording of the title is retained here as the book's title. Bibliographic record.
For readers of this wiki, the distinction between a story and an interpretation is central. A story provides characters, actions and consequences that can be considered from different viewpoints. A reader's interpretation is a further step. The presence of a metaphor does not, by itself, establish what a person should think or do.
Peseschkian's use of traditional stories also provides a useful comparison with Idries Shah. Their work belongs to different projects and should not be treated as one method merely because both use narrative. Likewise, a story introduced by an author differs from the spontaneous description of experience attended to in Metaphors of Movement.
Organisations and recognition
WAPP traces its organisational predecessor, the International Center for Positive Psychotherapy, to 1996. It records the change to the WAPP name in 2008 and the addition of Transcultural to the association's name in 2016. Its history also records Peseschkian's receipt of the Federal Republic of Germany's Cross of Merit in 2006. WAPP chronology and biography.
Related reading
- Der Kaufmann und der Papagei, the association's record for the German story collection.
- Positive Family Therapy: The Family as Therapist, English edition, 1986.
- Stories and literature
- Metaphor Categories