EP90 Invited Address 05a – The Construction of Therapeutic Realities – Paul Watzlawick, Ph.D.

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The criterion of reality adaptation as a measure of mental health or pathology is a totally fictitious one, since what reality “really” is remains an arbitrary definition which, in turn, leads to a reification. However, out of these reifications can grow very important practical consequences – both positive and negative ones.

 

Educational Objectives:

1. To become acquainted with the modern constructivist view, according to which realities are not “discovered,” but “invented.”
2. To obtain an overview of the importance of this view in our field, especially with regard to the criterion of a person’s “reality adaptation.”
3. To show how therapeutic “realities” can be created