- Topic Areas:
- Invited Address
- Category:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 28 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date :
- Dec 14, 1990
Description
Description:
The criterion of reality adaptation as a measure of mental health or pathology is a totally fictitious one, since what reality “really” is remains an arbitrary definition which, in turn, leads to a reification. However, out of these reifications can grow very important practical consequences – both positive and negative ones.
Educational Objectives:
- To become acquainted with the modern constructivist view, according to which realities are not “discovered,” but “invented.”
- To obtain an overview of the importance of this view in our field, especially with regard to the criterion of a person’s “reality adaptation.”
- To show how therapeutic “realities” can be created
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
