Psychodynamic Positive Psychotherapy Emphasizes the Impact of Culture in the Time of Globalization

Christian Henrichs

Private Psychotherapeutic Practice and International Lecturing, Cologne, Germany.

DOI: 10.4236/psych.2012.312A169                

Abstract

The emphasis of Positive Psychotherapy on culture is a specific contribution to psychodynamic psycho- therapy and to contemporary psychological reasoning and intervention in general. In this article, it is argued that a consistent psycho-cultural perspective as introduced by the founder of Positive Psychotherapy, the Persian-German psychiatrist and psychotherapist Nossrat Peseschkian (1933-2010), is beneficial for humanity’s psychological needs in the time of globalization. Also elementary concepts and the style of intervention in Positive Psychotherapy are described.

Keywords

Positive Psychotherapy; Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Humanistic Psychotherapy; Short-Term Therapy; Globalization

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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