Change; Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution

Change; Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
Author: Paul Watzlawick
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1974
Genre: Change (Psychology).
ISBN: 9780393011043

This classic book, available in paperback for the very first time, explores why some people can successfully change their lives and others cannot. Here famed psychologist Paul Watzlawick presents what is still often perceived as a radical idea: that the solutions to our problems are inherently embedded in the problems themselves. Tackling the age-old questions surrounding persistence and change, the book asks why problems arise and are perpetuated in some instances but easily resolved in others. Incorporating ideas about human communication, marital and family therapy, the therapeutic effects of paradoxes and of action-oriented techniques of problem resolution, Change draws much from the field of psychotherapy.

Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious

Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious
Author: Paul Watzlawick
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1993-07-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780393310214

This is a tongue-in-cheek look at the ways in which we turn ourselves into our own worst enemies. Using metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendoes and other "right-hemispheric" language games, Dr. Watzlawick shows how we can make everyday life miserable and inflate trivialities beyond recognition. Those who believe that the search for happiness eventually leads to happiness should consult the chapter "Beware of Arriving."--Publisher description.

5/67 Problem Solving

5/67 Problem Solving
Author: Leonard Bertain
Publisher: CEO University Press
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2018-01-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9780974160177

"5/67 Problem Solving" is a book that teaches the reader the most successful and efficient ways to solve problems. Whether it is a Stupid, Difficult, or Wicked Problem. Humphreys and Bertain have leveraged their decades of problem-solving expertise using a unique variation of the "20/80 Rule" that they call "5/67 Thinking." This book creates what is essentially a problem solving guidebook for executives, managers, and just about anyone. They introduce the reader to a number of accompanying concepts and tools like: 5/67 Thinking, The Definition of Success, The No Blame Game and Pioneers and Settlers. These tools evolved as the authors have delivered their problem solving finesse to a wide range of customers. The approach defined in the book will assist any future problem-solver in tackling the hardest problems - even Wicked Problems. It is intended to be a quick read. Enjoy the read.

FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES

FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES
Author: Salvador MINUCHIN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0674041119

A master of family therapy, Salvador Minuchin, traces for the first time the minute operations of day-to-day practice. Dr. Minuchin has achieved renown for his theoretical breakthroughs and his success at treatment. Now he explains in close detail those precise and difficult maneuvers that constitute his art. The book thus codifies the method of one of the country's most successful practitioners.

Family Evaluation

Family Evaluation
Author: Murray Bowen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393075559

The concepts of Murray Bowen, one of the founders of family therapy and the originator of family systems theory, are brought together here in an integrative fashion. Michael Kerr (who worked with Bowen for many years) and Bowen propose that the enormously complex task of evaluating a clinical family can be orderly when it is grounded in family systems theory. Using family diagrams and case studies, the book is devoted to an elegant explication of Bowen theory, which analyzes multigenerational family relationships and conceptualizes the family as an emotional unit or as a network of interlocking relationships, not only among the family members, but also among biological, psychological, and sociological processes. Bowen’s persistent inquiry and devotion to family observation, in spite of obstacles and frustrations, have resulted in a theory that has radically changed our ways of looking at all behavior.

The Language of Change

The Language of Change
Author: Paul Watzlawick
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780393310207

In this groundbreaking book, a world authority on human communication and communication therapy points out a basic contradiction in the way therapists use language. Although communications emerging in therapy are ascribed to the mind's unconscious, dark side, they are habitually translated in clinical dialogue into the supposedly therapeutic language of reason and consciousness. But, Dr. Watzlawick argues, it is precisely this bizarre language of the unconscious which holds the key to those realms where alone therapeutic change can take place.

The Tactics of Change

The Tactics of Change
Author: Richard Fisch
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1982
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

A comprehensive and detailed manual of psychotherapy for treating a wide range of clinical problems briefly and effectively. Includes case studies with commentary explaining the reasons for the therapist's actions; concludes with a summary of the basic principles of brief therapy and their application to many kinds of human problems.

Helping Families to Change

Helping Families to Change
Author: Virginia Satir
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1983
Genre: Family psychotherapy
ISBN: 9780876686607

With an emphasis on learning to change through other modalities than speech, this book discusses the importance of non-verbal body experience and awareness of kinetic cues in interpersonal relationships. A number of meditative exercises are included.

How Real is Real?

How Real is Real?
Author: Paul Watzlawick
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1977
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The connection between communication and reality is a relatively new idea. It is only in recent decades that the confusions, disorientations and very different world views that arise as a result of communication have become an independent field of research. One of the experts who has been working in this field is Dr. Paul Watzlawick, and he here presents, in a series of arresting and sometimes very funny examples, some of the findings.