{"id":19731,"date":"2026-11-10T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.peseschkian-stiftung.de\/method"},"modified":"2026-11-10T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:30:34","slug":"method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.peseschkian-stiftung.de\/de\/method\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Psychotherapie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Menschenbild:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The image of man behind positive psychotherapy is based on the abilities and resources of people. It sees a person as a whole: a unity of body, mind, feelings and soul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ressourcen-Orientierung:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Positive psychotherapy considers not only the disturbed areas of a person but above all their abilities. \u201cPositive\u201d comes from the Latin positum<\/em>: the whole, what is actually given. Conflicts are seen as a challenge to develop these skills further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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With cross-cultural tools and innovative techniques, positive psychotherapy can be used in many settings. Because it is easy to understand, it is also used successfully outside psychotherapy: in education, training and counselling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Four areas of health, energy and conflict response<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The balance model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nossrat Peseschkian\u2019s balance model is known as the \u201cheart\u201d of positive psychotherapy and is used in many settings. It is also called the \u201cdiamond model\u201d, the \u201cfour qualities of life\u201d, the \u201cfour ways of conflict management\u201d or \u201cthe four media of cognitive ability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The model assumes four large areas of life in which people live and act. They influence life satisfaction, self-esteem and how a person handles conflicts and challenges. They correspond to the biological-physical, rational-intellectual, socio-emotional and spiritual abilities of a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has the potential for all four, but upbringing, environment and socialisation emphasise some and neglect others. Peseschkian sees a balance of life energy across body, achievement, contact and meaning as a favourable condition for health and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: H. Peseschkian, A. Remmers, Positive Psychotherapie<\/em>, Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, Munich 2013, pp. 41\u201342.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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