Paul Watzlawick
Psychologist, Author
1921 – 2007
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Who was Paul Watzlawick?
Paul Watzlawick was an Austrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communications theorist, and philosopher. A theoretician in communication theory and radical constructivism, he commented in the fields of family therapy and general psychotherapy. Watzlawick believed that people create their own suffering in the very act of trying to fix their emotional problems. He was one of the most influential figures at the Mental Research Institute and lived and worked in Palo Alto, California.
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- Born
- Jul 25, 1921
Villach - Also known as
- Watzlawick, Paul
- Nationality
- Austria
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Venice
- Lived in
- Palo Alto
- Died
- Mar 31, 2007
Palo Alto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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