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Method in the Madness: The Strategic Uses of Absurdity and the Unexpected in Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

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Abstract

This article explores some of the uses of absurdity and the unexpected in psychotherapy. Case examples are used to ground the discussion of some key ideas that inform an understanding of how absurdity and the unexpected might serve as catalysts or primers for change in the psychotherapeutic context. Erickson's confusion technique and some ideas derived from Bateson's understanding of cybernetics also serve an explanatory purpose.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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