Application: The double bind & reframing

Double bind: … people caught up in an ongoing system which produces conflicting definitions of the relationship and consequent subjective distress. (Bateson, 1968)
Reframing: A shift in viewpoint that changes how the relationship is experienced. Repunctuates the communication sequence.

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