CGIPPC was founded in 1998 in Brno, Czech Republic. It has a cooperative relationship with the International Center of Positive Psychotherapy in Wiesbaden, Germany. The president of ICPP is Nossrat Peseschkian, who is a certified neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. The director of CGIPPC is Jiří Kulka, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.

The method of Positive Psychotherapy belongs to the humanistic, transcultural and psychodynamic psychotherapeutic methods. This conflict-centered and capability-oriented method has been developed by N. Peseschkian in 1968 in Germany. Positive Psychotherapy believes that every human being is an entity of body, mind, and spirit. The aim of the therapeutic process is to help the client to develop his capabilities and to find the balance in his daily-life.

Positive Psychotherapy is based on the assumptions of basic human capabilities, as well as a positive image of man. It is in a good position to treat people from various social classes and to illuminate transcultural problems.

1. Positive Interpretation: The word ´positive´ in the name Positive Psychotherapy is derived from the word ´positum´, i. e., from what is factual and given. Disorders and conflicts within a patient are not the only things that are factual and given. The patient also brings with him the capacity for dealing with conflicts. Patients not only suffer from the conflicts and disorders they have, they also suffer from the hopelessness, which the diagnosis triggers in them. This one-sided view is historically and culturally conditioned. In the framework of Positive Psychotherapy, the patient learns to give up his role as a patient and become a therapist for himself.

2. The Microtrauma Theory: This approach focuses on the conflict dynamics as well as on the conflict contents. The traumatic experiences which an individual undergoes, along with the sum of everyday hassles, leads to a one-sided pathology. With regard to the content aspect, an inventory of conflict contents pertaining to the individual, was developed. This inventory can also be applied to interaction in the family as well as in society. The conflict contents represent the theoretical basis for the therapeutic instruments used in Positive Psychotherapy.

3. Transcultural Aspects: The transcultural frame of thought is the basis of Positive Psychotherapy and Positive Family Therapy. This approach is applied for analyzing the person as a group member and as an individual. Every person is situated in and therefore influenced by the cultural setting where he grew up. In addition, the specific family he was born into also influences him and as well as the individuals he encounters on his way through life. All these interactions contribute to an individual becoming a unique person. This uniqueness can lead to intra- and transcultural problems in dealing with his fellow men.

4. Uniqueness of the Person: The therapy must consider the needs of the patient and be adapted to each patient's uniqueness. Universal Character: Positive Psychotherapy views illness as being more than a mere feature of the individual person. Illness also reflects the quality of relationships within the family and society.

5. Concepts, mythologies, oriental stories and folk wisdom are applied in specific therapeutic situations, hence including the use of intuition and imagination in the therapeutic process. Stories, which can be used as mediators between therapist and patient, are important tools. With help of these tools, without directly attacking or devaluating the patient or his concepts and values, we can suggest a change of position to the patient. This change of position finally allows the patient to see his one-sided concepts in relation to others, to reinterpret them, and put them into perspective through counter concepts.

6. Positive Family Therapy is a special construct of therapeutic ideas. Although the family stands in the center of attention, the therapy does not restrict itself to viewing the family as the only therapeutically relevant unit. Rather, it also tries to look at the family members as individuals and in addition, considers social factors relevant for treatment. Finally, we encourage our patients to use the tools they acquired in Positive Psychotherapy to actively shape their own environment.

7. The terminology of Positive Psychotherapy was developed to be comprehensible for everyone, regardless of social class, education, etc.

8. Positive Psychotherapy offers a basic concept for treating all diseases and conflicts.

9. Metatheoretic Aspect: Positive Psychotherapy offers a comprehensive concept within which various therapeutic methods and schools can be used to supplement each other.