Stories do for the soul what medicine does for the body. This maxim comes to life in this book, Short stories of wisdom can sometimes cause an ‘Aha Effect’ faster than lengthy discussions and analyses. Often, an astonishing change of perspective emerges out of situations which seem to have drifted into a dead end. The first step to change the situation has then been taken. Nossrat Peseschkian narrates stories that have effect because they liberate with laughter and release the mind. He introduces briefly the principles of positive psychotherapy to show why it works and how it works. A book from a master storyteller. Dr Nossrat Peseschkian (1933-2010), was a professor specialising in neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine. Founder and head of the Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy and founder of positive psychotherapy, he was a Reader at the State Medical Chamber of Hessen. He was born in Iran, and had been living in Germany since 1954. He had conducted intensive research and taught in over 60 countries around the world. He won the Richard Merten Prize and was the author of numerous books on psychotherapy.