Newsletter of the Peseschkian Foundation
The latest newsletter of the International Academy of Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (IAPP)-Peseschkian Foundation- about the "Mental Health Project" in Ethiopia has been published now.
Here you may watch a video about the work of the organization "Fresh and Green", which is supported by the Peseschkian Foundation.
If you would like to support this project, too, here is the Foundation's donation form.
Twentieth Anniversary of Bulgarian Association
The Bulgarian Association of Positive Psychotherapy (BAPP) celebrates its 20th anniversary in the year 2013.
In the course of the anniversary year the Association organizes a conference with the title:
"Twenty years Bulgarian Association of Positive Psychotherapy - traditions and presence"
It will take place in Varna at the Grand Hotel "Dimyat" from 7 to 9 June 2013.
Everyone is invited to meet, exchange and celebrate together.
Please click here for the official invitation by the Association's Chairman Prof. Dr. Invanka Boncheva.
More details will follow soon.
Romanian Summer School 2013
The 6th Romanian Summer School will take place on 17 - 22 June 2013 in Cluj County, at Conacul Secuiesc, Romania.
Its topic is: "Psychotherapy: a balance between content and process".
International trainers attending will be Sheyda Rafat, Birgit Werner and Arno Remmers. The seminar will be held in English language; it is open for participants from all countries. For more information please contact Gabriela Hum.
35th International School Psychology Association Conference (ISPA)
The 35th International School Psychology Association Conference will take place in Porto, Portugal, at the Porto University of Psychology and Education on 17-20 July 2013.
WAPP Master Course Trainer Tugba Sari from Ankara will contribute to the conference with two presentations:
1. Using Five Stages of Positive Psychotherapy to Deal with Anger Among Children
2. Balance Model in Children and Youth Development - Positive Psychotherapy Application in Education and Prevention
Please find more information about the conference on the official website of the event.
Courses in Ukraine, Dec. 2012 - July 2013
The Ukrainian Association of Positive Psychotherapy offers a number of seminars and events as well as Basic and Master Courses for Positive Psychotherapy from December 2012 to July 2013. Please find the dates and details in this table.
If you are interested please contact the organizers at positum_ukraine(at)yahoo(dot)com or see their website: http://positum.org.ua
14th International Trainer Seminar from 21-24 Aug 2013
This year's International Trainer Seminar will take place in Wiesbaden, Germany,
on 21-24 August 2013
at the the Prof.-Peseschkian-Foundation, Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme, Langgasse 38-40.
The International Trainer Seminar is addressed to trainers for Positive Psychotherapy and persons who are on their way to become a trainer. At least, they need to have successfully completed a Master Training in Positive Psychotherapy.
The trainers are the most important resource and multipliers for the development of Positive Psychotherapy worldwide. Therefore, they need an exclusive forum to learn from each other, to train their competencies and to have the possibility for transcultural communication.
More detailed information on the ITS 2013 and the registration sheet will follow soon on this website.
Regional International Conference 2013 in Macedonia
We are happy to announce the 2nd Regional International Conference on Positive Psychotherapy!
After the first conference took place in Prishtina, Kosovo, in 2012, this year a second conference will be held in Macedonia in cooperation with the State University of Tetovo.
Regional International Conference on
Positive Psychotherapy in Macedonia.
"Emotions in Positive Psychotherapy - Dealing with Feelings"
It will take place on 5 - 8 September 2013 in Struga, Macedonia.
Everyone is invited to join. Please contact the local organizer Migjen Amzai.
For more information (e.g. location, registration fees) please visit the official website of the Conference: www.positive-mk.org
YOU MAY REGISTER NOW AT: http://positive-mk.org/registration/
1st International Congress on Child and Youth Psychotherapy
The EAP Headoffice has informed us that there will be a
1st International Congress on Child and Youth psychotherapy in Kiev, Ukraine
from 9th to 12th of October 2014.
For more information please get in contact with Prof. Halyna Katolyk.
WAPP Board of Directors
On March 3rd 2013 Anna Huysse-Gaytandjieva has resigned from her duties as member of the WAPP Board of Directors.
The Board has accepted her decision with regret and wishes to thank her for her cooperation.
WAPP Board Meeting, January 2013
The WAPP Board of Directors has met for its biannual meeting on January 15-16, 2013, in Wiesbaden.
All of them were present in person this time and discussed about various topics, which we will report about to the members very soon in a special newsletter and on this website.
Here is the official picture of the Board meeting (from left to right):
Anna Huysse-Gaytandjieva, Gunther Huebner, Enver Cesko, Pavel Frolov, Manije Peseschkian, Maxim Goncharov, Gabriela Hum, Arno Remmers and Hamid Peseschkian
Election of New Board of Directors at General Assembly
At the general meeting of WAPP members, on August 25th 2012, a new Board of Directors has been elected by the attending members. Members from 8 countries were present, who had the chance to nominate and vote for WAPP members to form the new Board.
At first, the president was elected, and Hamid Peseschkian has unanimously been confirmed to his office for the next two years.
Subsequently, the members to form the Board of Directors were nominated and elected by the present WAPP members. These are Manije Peseschkian as representative of the Peseschkian Foundation, Enver Cesko, Pavel Frolov, Maxim Goncharov, Gunther Huebner, Gabriela Hum, Anna Huysse-Gaytandjieva and Arno Remmers.
New to the Board are Pavel Frolov, Gunther Huebner and Anna Huysse-Gaytandjieva. Relieved of their duties in the past have been Vladimir Karikash, Ivan Kirillov and Gergana Momova. The World Association for Positive Psychotherapy thanks them for their support and contribution within the past years and welcomes its new members.
All the best to all of them!
New Board of Directors (from left to right):
Arno Remmers, Enver Cesko, Anna Huysse-Gaytandjieva, Maxim Goncharov, Gabriela Hum, Manije Peseschkian, Pavel Frolov, Hamid Peseschkian, Gunther Huebner
13th International Trainer Seminar from 22-26 Aug 2012
This year's International Trainer Seminar took place in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 22-26 August at the the Prof.-Peseschkian-Foundation, Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme, Langgasse 38-40.
The seminar was a great success!
We wish to thank all participants for having been here and for their contribution to this inspiring event!
The International Trainer Seminar is addressed to trainers for Positive Psychotherapy and persons who are on their way to become a trainer. At least, they need to have successfully completed a Master Training in Positive Psychotherapy. The trainers are the most important resource and multipliers for the development of Positive Psychotherapy worldwide. Therefore, they need an exclusive forum to learn from each other, to train their competencies and to have the possibility for transcultural communication. This was the aim for the ITS 2012, and will be for the oncoming International Trainer Seminars in the future.
Romanian Summer School 2012
The 5th Romanian Summer School ("Above the world - strategic approach in psychotherapy") took place on 18 - 23 June 2012 in Brasov County, Romania. Here is a short report with pictures of the event. For more information please contact Gabriela Hum.
12/06/12
1st Regional Conference on PP in Kosovo 2012
From 7-10 June 2012 the first regional conference on Positive Psychotherapy was held in Prishtina, Kosovo with international participation. Organizer was the Kosovo Center for Positive Psychotherapy with its President Enver Cesko (contact). The main topic of the conference was "Positive Psychotherapy and its development in post-conflict countries in transition". The conference was very success- and fruitful. The organizers thank everyone for their participation! More information on the conference, please find on this website and on www.kosovapositive.org.
International Journal of Positive Psychotherapy and Research
We wish to draw your attention to the International Journal of Positive Psychotherapy and Research. The first issue was published in March 2011 and can be found here.
If you wish to contribute to the second issue, please hand in your articles. Please send them to the WAPP Headoffice.
The guidelines for authors give you an overview on length, format, language and other information, which could be helpful for you and your articles.
Thank you for your contribution!
IFP Newsletter
The latest newsletter of the International Federation for Psychotherapy IFP is available now.
IJP Newsletter 2012
Please click here to find the latest Newsletter of the International Journal of Psychotherapy.
02/02/12
World Certificate for Psychotherapy (WCPC)
Opportunity to receive the World Certificate for Psychotherapy:
The procedure for the application is as follows:
The World Certificate for Psychotherapy will be awarded to all psychotherapists who have a psychotherapeutic training according to WCP standards. The WCP standards fully correspond to the ECP standards – which means that every ECP holder can apply for the WCPC without any problems. The WCPC will be awarded from 2007 on.
If you think that you fulfill the criteria for the certificate, please write an e-mail to headoffice
worlspsyche.org and inform them that you are interested in the award of the WCPC. If you are an ECP holder in good standing the only additional thing you need to do to get the WCPC is to transfer the fee for the award. The fee is Euro 364,-- (€ 350 WCPC + € 14 shipping) and has to be paid free of any charges for the WCP.
02/01/12
Congress Calendar of the World Council for Psychotherapy
New updated Congress Calendar of the World Council for Psychotherapy showing in which regions in the world Psychotherapy Congresses will be held within the years to come. You will find the regularly updated Congress Calendar both on the websites of the World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP) www.worldpsyche.org and our EAP website www.europsyche.org too.
