The Interactional View Paul Watzlawick (1922- ) and the Palo Alto Group

3/9/98


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The Interactional View Paul Watzlawick (1922- ) and the Palo Alto Group

Overview

Axiom 1: One cannot not communicate.

Axiom 2: Human beings communicate both digitally and analogically

Axiom 3: Communication has a content and a relationship aspect.

Axiom 4: The nature of a relationship depends on how both parties punctuate the communication sequence.

Axiom 5: All communication is either symmetrical or complementary.

The Axioms - Summary

Application: The double bind & reframing

Author: Robert T. Craig

Email: Robert.Craig@Colorado.EDU

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