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EP90 Workshop 26 - Psychotherapy "As If" - Paul Watzlawick, PhD


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Topic Areas:
Workshops |  Psychotherapy |  Brief Therapy
Categories:
Evolution of Psychotherapy |  Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990
Faculty:
Paul Watzlawick, PhD
Duration:
2 Hours 23 Minutes
Format:
Audio Only
Original Program Date:
Dec 15, 1990
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Description:

This workshop will present a brief therapy approach, based on the interaction between those involved in the problem, and on the interventions aimed at changing this problematic interaction by motivating the client(s) to behave "as if" the situation were different from the way it is perceived.

Educational Objectives:

  1. To show the relevance of Vaihinger's Philosophy of As If and of Korszybski's Science and Sanity to psychotherapy
  2. To list four examples of practical applications of these principles 

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*

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Paul Watzlawick, received his Ph.D. from the University of Venice in 1949. He has an Analyst's Diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute for Analytic Psychology in Zurich. Watzlawick has practiced psychotherapy for more than 30 years. He was research associate and principal investigator at the Mental Research Institute. He was Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center. Watzlawick is a noted family therapist; he is recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Family Therapy Association. Also, he is author, co-author or editor of eight books on the topics of interactional psychotherapy, human communication and constructivist philosophy.

He formulated five axioms. They are:

  1. It is not possible to not communicate. Every behavior is some kind of non-verbal communication.
  2. Every communication has a content. In addition, there is 'metainformation', which says how the communicator wants to be understood.
  3. All partners involved in a communication process also interpret their own behaviour during communication.
  4. Human communication involves both verbal and non-verbal communication. In addition to the spoken words, there are is also a non-spoken part (gestures, behavior, intonation..) which is part of the communication.
  5. Communication between humans is either symmetric or complementary. This is based on whether the relationship of those communicating is based on differences or parity.


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