INVITATION & CALL FOR PAPERS

POSITUM 2010, 5th World Congress on Positive Psyhchotherapy, 9-12 October, 2010 Istanbul, Turkey

“Positive Psychotherapy in a globalized world”
Trans-cultural and emotional perspective of
Positive Psychotherapy in Globalization

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Vth World Congress of Positive Psychotherapy in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 9th – 12th 2009. A professional Congress Organizer, Minas Travel & Organisation Company, has been contracted and cooperates with us. The World Congress website will be informing you about the progress of our planning and program details. The international advisory board, the scientific program committee, the international organizing committee and local organizing committee would like to convince you that, apart from Istanbul´s historical, touristic and economical appeal, it will be worthwhile from a scientific and cross-cultural point of view too to participate in the Vth World Congress of Positive Psychotherapy. We chose the topic “Positive Psychotherapy in a globalized world” because we think it reflects the cross-cultural and also emotional perspective of Positive Psychotherapy in our times.

The congress wants to provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, a worldwide cross-cultural understanding, professional and training standards of methods, development of treatment approaches, mutual learning among psychotherapists from different cultures, supporting scientific activities in research, training and therapeutic issues, particularly topics of Positive Psychotherapy.

The congress format includes plenary sessions, keynote speakers, courses, workshops, poster presentations, discussion groups. We will be pleased to receive your applications for lectures, workshops and posters.

We look forward to welcoming you to Istanbul!

With best regards,

Dr. Med. Habil Hamid Peseschkian
On behalf of International Advisory Board
International Organizing Committee
Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Program Committee

Abstracts and Deadlines

Please send the abstract(s) of your presentation(s) by email to wapp2010@positum.org. A Scientific Committee will group individual oral presentations in a session with other related papers. Oral presentations should not exceed 20-30 minutes, with 10 minutes allowed for discussion after each presentation. An abstract should not be longer than ½ - 1 page. Presentations should be preferably in English. If not, the presenter has to arrange for her/his own translation. Turkish translation will be available for all keynote speakers and plenary sessions.

Deadline for receiving the abstracts is June 15th 2010. You will be advised by August 1st 2010 regarding the acceptance of the submissions.

Workshops

Workshop proposals are very important and needed. Please send the abstract(s) of your work-shop(s) to wapp2010@positum.org