Paradox, Double Binding, and Counterparadox
A Transactional Analysis Perspective (A Response to Price)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20179225 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert F Massey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-46 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036215378601600105 |
| OpenAlex | W2574655572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 40 |
Six distinctive therapeutic approaches to paradox are examined, and the compatibility of TA and paradoxical thinking is explored. Paradoxes occur in family systems with passive symbioses where the members are double bound over time functionally and structurally through patterns of duplex communication. As an angular transaction, counterparadox aims to provoke change. Counterparadox overcomes resistance by stroking the client frame of reference that perpetuated the problem or double bind and by paradoxically prescribing the continuance of the symptom. Paradoxical work presupposes a model of therapy that deals with circular causality, feedback, levels of social meaning, and reflexive communication loops. Guidelines are offered for when to use compliance-based diversion techniques versus defiance-based compression methods
Ambivalence · Continuance · Epistemology · Reflexivity · Sociology · Transactional analysis · Transactional leadership · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2015 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |