Normal view
MARC view
Paradoxical psychotherapy (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Communication, Paradoxical (Psychotherapy)
- Paradox Therapeutic use
- Paradoxical communication in psychotherapy
- Paradoxical techniques in psychotherapy
- Therapeutic paradox
See also:
- Broader heading: Behavior therapy
Kaplan Treatments psych. dis. ("Paradoxical techniques are those that would seem, at first, designed to promote or strengthen the symptoms, but that in theory result in positive change")
Kaplan psych.: p. 413 ("Adler also used paradoxical communication -overtly giving one suggestion while hoping to provide an opposite response")