Situation is Hopeless, But Not Serious

Produktbeschreibung

Do you see the past through a rosy filter that makes it seem like Paradise Lost? Are you convinced that traffic lights always turn red for you? Do you have to win (so as not to lose)? After extricating yourself from a bad relationship, do you find another partner just like the previous one? If so, congratulations! You have the makings of an unhappiness expert. With the techniques in this book, you can raise yourself to the genius level. A word of warning, however. Along the way you may begin to ask yourself, "How did I manage to turn myself into my own worst enemy?" Fortunately, this tongue-in-cheek (but serious) volume takes a look at that question too.

Special attention is given to such topics as "Four Games with the Past," "Self-fulfilling Prophecies," and "Why Would Anybody Love Me?" Those who believe that the search for happiness will eventually lead to happiness will find much to ponder in the section "Beware of Arriving."

All readers will be both amused and startled to find themselves in these pages, but there is a special delight and enlightenment for therapists and counselors. Although the author does not officially admit it, the book is one complex "symptom prescription," a therapeutic double bind as described and practiced by him and his colleagues. 

Autoreninfo

Paul Watzlawick, geb. 1921 in Villach/Kärnten, Studium der Philosophie und Sprachen. Psychotherapeutische Ausbildung am C. G. Jung-Institut in Zürich. 1960 war er Professor für Psychotherapie in El Salvador; seit 1960 ist er Forschungsbeauftragter am Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto/Kalifornien. Außerdem lehrte er an der Stanford University. 2007 verstarb Paul Watzlawick.