Paul Watzlawick

Paul Watzlawick was an associate at the Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, and clinical professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Stanford University Medical Center. An internationally known psychologist, Watzlawick died in 2007.

Books by Paul Watzlawick

  1. Book CoverChange: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution


    Why some problems persist while others are resolved.More

  2. Book CoverThe Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication


    In this groundbreaking book, a world authority on human communication and communication therapy points out a basic contradiction in the way therapists use language.More

  3. Book CoverPragmatics of Human Communication: A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes


    The properties and function of human communication.More

  4. Book CoverThe Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious


    Calling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable.
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