Curriculum Vitae (10/2005)

 

Dr. Hamid Peseschkian

M.D., D.M., D.Med.Sc.

 

German Board-certified psychiatrist, neurologist,

and psychotherapist

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Managing Director, Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy

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Private practice for psychotherapy

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Director and Trainer, WIAP-Institute of Management Training (IMT)

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Board member, German Association of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

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Chairman, International Center of Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy Inc.

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Visiting Professor, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk (Russia)

and UTEPSA University in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

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Lectureship, Institute of Psychology, University of Mainz, Germany

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Address:

Wiesbaden Academy of Psychotherapy, Luisenstraße 28, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany

Tel.: +49-611-373707; Fax: +49-611-3757108, hamid@peseschkian.com, www.peseschkian.com

 

Biographic Information:

·        Born in 1962 in Wiesbaden, Germany

·        Married to Mrs. Barbara Peseschkian, nee Nicke-Mühlschlegel: Computer Analyst

·        Two children (Leyla *1995, Farid *1997)

·        Citizenship: German

·        Languages spoken: German (native), English, Persian, Russian and some French

 

University Education and Degrees:

·        M.D. (1987), Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Faculty of Medicine, Mainz, Germany

·        Doctor of Medicine (1988) in psychosomatic medicine (with ‘magna cum laude’), Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Faculty of Medicine, Mainz, Germany. Thesis on “Psycho-social aspects of 100 patients with lumbar disk herniation.”

·        D.Med.Sc. (Doctor of Medical Sciences, 1998) postdoctoral dissertation in psychiatry and medical psychology, at the ‘Federal Scientific-Methodological Center for Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology’ of the Bekhterev Psychoneurological Scientific Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Thesis on “Positive Psychotherapy as a transcultural approach to Russian psychotherapy.”

 

Clinical Experience, Resident Training and Post-Graduate Medical Speciality:

·        Internship in internal medicine, surgery and neurology at the University Hospital of Mainz, Germany (1986 - 1987)

·        Postgraduate, specialized residency training in psychiatry and neurology with experiences in 

addiction psychiatry and sleep medicine (6/1988 - 7/1992) (at two neuropsychiatric hospitals in

Hessen, Germany)

·        Assistant, Psychiatric-psychotherapeutic private practice (8/92 – 9/92), Wiesbaden, Germany

·        Consultant, Regional Psychiatric Hospital, Yekaterinburg, Russia (11/1992 - 5/1994)

·        Subspecialty training in psychotherapy (1989 - 1993) (Positive Psychotherapy and

Psychodrama), Psychotherapy Institutes Marburg and Wiesbaden, Germany

·        Staff specialist, American Medical Center (AMC), Moscow, Russia (3/1995-11/1999). Head of Mental Health Services (12/1998 – 11/1999)

·        Private psychotherapeutic practice in Wiesbaden, Germany (since 1/2000)

 

Certifications, Specializations and Licenses:

·        German Board-certifications as specialist in psychotherapy (1994), psychiatry (1996), neurology (1997) and psychiatry and psychotherapy (1999) by the State Medical Chamber in Germany (unlimited certificates)

·        Unlimited medical license in Germany (‘Approbation’) (since 1987)

·        Russian Board-certifications as specialist in psychiatry (3/1998), addiction psychiatry (3/1998), and in  psychotherapy (5/1999) by Postgraduate Medical Institutes in St. Petersburg and Novokusnetsk

·        Official recognition of German medical degree by the Federal State Committee for Higher Learning of the Russian Federation, Moscow (5/1997)

·        Permission to hold the Russian academic degree (D.Med.Sc.) in Germany as “Dr. habil.” by the Hessen State Ministry of Science (2/2000)

·        European Certified Psychotherapist (EAP, 2002)

 

Teaching and training experience

·        Since 1985 international lecturer, since 1991 lecturing and teaching as visiting lecturer at more than 25 medical schools and universities in Russia

·        Lecturer, Department of Medical Psychology, Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy (1996-1998)

·        Over 80 intensive postgraduate training seminars on ‘Positive Psychotherapy, Transcultural Family Therapy and Psychosomatic Medicine’ in more than 30 cities of Russia and the CIS, for approx. 3,000 - 4,000 doctors, psychologists and students (since 1991)

·        Associate professor and postgraduate trainer for psychotherapy, International Center of Positive Psychotherapy and Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy

·        Stress management and cross-cultural seminars for managers and corporate employees (since 1988)

·        Supervision of five Ph.D. (Med.) candidates in Russia

·        Visiting Professor, Institute of Psychology and Psychiatry, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk (Russia) (since September 2002)

·        Visiting Professor, UTEPSA University, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (since November 2004)

·        Lectureship at the Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Frankfurt/Main (2003)

·        Lectureship at the Institute of Psychology, University of Mainz (since 2003)

 

Professional publications and presentations:

·        3 monographs, total of 62 scientific publications

·        more than 30 lectures and presentations at national and international professional conferences

·        more than 250 lectures on various topics

 

Organizational and administrative activities

·        Founding and supervising of 25 local and regional ‘Centers for Positive Psychotherapy, Transcultural Family Therapy and Psychosomatic Medicine’ in Russia and the former USSR (since 1991)

·        Founding of the Association of Positive Psychotherapy in St. Petersburg, 16 Jan 1992.

·        Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Association for Positive Psychotherapy (since 1993)

·        Member, Board of Directors, International Center for Positive Psychotherapy, (Chairman since 2001)

·        Co-chair, Organizing Committee, Annual conferences of the Russian Association of Positive

Psychotherapy (1993-1998)

·        Co-chair, Organizing and Scientific Committee, 1st World Conference of Positive

Psychotherapy, May 1997, St. Petersburg, Russia

·        Founding member, Section of ‘family psychology, family therapy and counseling’ of the Russian Psychological Society (12/1998)

·        Supervision and Managing of the publication of 6 books on Positive Psychotherapy in Russia (translation, editing, printing, distribution)

·        Member, Organizing Committee, 2nd World Congress of Positive Psychotherapy, July 2000, Wiesbaden, Germany

·        Managing Director, Wiesbaden Postgraduate Academy of Psychotherapy (since 12/1999)

·        Director, Institute of Management Training (IMT) at the WIAP-Academy (since 9/2000)

·        Associate Editor for Continental Europe, “International Journal of Psychotherapy”

·        Member, Editorial Board, “Psychotherapy” (Russian Journal)

 

Appointments, Nominations, and Calls

·        Co-founder and Member of Editorial-Board, “POSITUM”- Journal of Positive Psychotherapy (St. Petersburg)

·        Member, International Steering Committee, First World Conference on Family Violence (September 1998, Singapore)

·        Member, International Scientific Committee, 2nd World Conference of Positive Psychotherapy, July 2000, Wiesbaden, Germany

·        Nominee, International Sigmund Freud-Award for Psychotherapy of the City of Vienna, 1999

·        Chair, Working Group “Transcultural Psychotherapy”, World Council for Psychotherapy (since 12/1999)

·        Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the Russian Psychotherapeutic Association (1/2000)

·        “Ceramic Dolphin Award 2001” for contribution to the development of psychotherapy in the Primorye Region of Russia by the Russian Psychotherapy Association – Primorye Branch

·        Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal “Questions of mental medicine and ecology” (Russia)

·        Member, Scientific Council, Institute of Positive Psychotherapy (Moscow)

·        Board member, German Association of Psychodyamic Psychotherapy (Deutsche Fachgesellschaft für Tiefenpsychologisch fundierte Psychotherapie (DFT) e.V. (since 2/2004)

 

Membership in professional organizations

·        American Psychiatric Association (APA)

·        World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP)

·        International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

·        German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurological Sciences (DGPPN)

·        Russian Psychotherapeutic Association (RPA)

·        Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League (PPL)

·        German Association of Psychodyamic Psychotherapy

·        German Association for Positive Psychotherapy (DGPP)

·        Baha’i International Health Agency (BIHA) (life-member)

·        Associations for Baha’i Studies (ABS), North America (life-member), Germany, and English-speaking Europe

 

Special areas of research and interest:

·        transcultural psychotherapy

·        psychosomatics

·        family therapy

·        first interview techniques

·        stress management

·        marriage preparation, family life education