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. Thos[...]

This classic book, now published in paperback for the very first time, deals with the age-old questions of persistence and change. It asks questions about why some problems arise and are perpetuated in some instances, but in other instances are resolved. It examines how, paradoxically, common sense [...]

Called one of the best books ever about human communication, and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The[...]

Mit seinen wunderbar hintergründigen Geschichten hat Paul Watzlawick bereits Millionen von Menschen erreicht. Und das Leserpotenzial ist, so lehrt uns das tägliche Leben, unerschöpflich. Denn jeder von uns steht grundsätzlich in der falschen Schlange an, macht Erfahrungen mit selbst erfüllenden[...]

Als Psychotherapeut und Konstruktivist ist Paul Watzlawick weltberühmt, seine >>Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein< ist kult. ob es um glück, liebe, schwierige beziehungen zwischen menschen, die wirkliche wirklichkeit oder die mentalität der amerikaner geht: es lohnt immer, watzlawicks denken kennenz[...]

Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster enables therapists to walk into difficult situations with a thorough understanding of interactional dynamics and a plan of action. With the stressful turbulence of our present culture, more and more clinicians are called upon to inte[...]