Imagine contemporary art without Picasso, mathematics without Newton, theater without Shakespeare, psychology without Freud…  We chug along in our given areas and then one day someone steps in to show us something different, something entirely new. We usually resist it at first, but eventually that radical perspective is subsumed into the movement as if it had always been there. Don D. Jackson was such a pioneer. He galvanized the field of family therapy when individual therapy was the norm. He fostered the development of brief therapy in a world where long-term therapy was the standard. He made significant contributions to the treatment of schizophrenia when most viewed the problem as hopeless. Yes, this book, skillfully edited by Wendel Ray, provides the opportunity for readers to immerse themselves in Jackson’s contributions. More important, however, it reveals the story behind many of the major contemporary trends in the field. At the time of his death, Jackson was poised to lead the human sciences from the then-prevalent view of the individual in isolation to one that encompasses the interconnectedness of humanity and the essential relationship of behavior to context. Although he did not have the chance to forge that paradigmatic shift, the seeds he planted did take root, as is evidenced in the work of so many current experts. These rare chapters offer a detailed portrait of Jackson and his work, and Wendel Ray has provided insightful introductions to frame the three sections into which the papers are divided: Early Clinical Observations, Defining an Interactional Theory of Human Relationships, and Research Into the Nature of Human Interaction.  Don Jackson’s intellectual prowess, teaching charisma, and refusal to blindly adhere to the status quo are all apparent in these writings. Get to know Don Jackson and we get to know a man who profoundly influenced the human sciences. In looking back at his work, we not only shed light on the nature of the field as it is today but we recapture the spark of passion and imagination that could very well revitalize the clinical work we do tomorrow.

Don D. Jackson: Selected Essays at the Dawn of an Era

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Wendel A. Ray

Psychology & Counseling

Zeig,Tucker & Theisen

Paul Watzlawick is among the best known figures in the fields of communication and constructivist theory, as well as family and brief therapy. His contributions to the Interactional View of human behavior are profound, many, and among the most influential and widely read. The essays collected here cover his early writings on the Pragmatics of Human Communication, his contributions to the practice of effective and efficient therapy, and his most important papers reflecting his contributions to constructivism.

Paul Watzlawick: Insight May Cause Blindness And Other Essays

Giorgio Nardone

Don D. Jackson (1920-1968) is best remembered as a brilliant therapist, teacher, and for his leading part in the development of such ground breaking theoretical concepts as family homeostasis, family rules, relational quid pro quo, and, with Gregory Bateson, John Weakland and Jay Haley,the theory of the Double Bind. Jackson's theoretical and clinical ontribution to the understanding of human behavior is phenomenal for its breadth and scope. Many leaders in the fields of family and brief therapy acknowledge Jackson as the principle founder of Interactional Theory and Conjoint Family Therapy. In a career that spanned a brief 24 years (1944-1968) Jackson was one of the most prolific authors of his time, publishing more than 125 articles and book chapters and seven books including two classic texts that remain in print today - Mirages of Marriage (Co-authored with William Lederer, and Pragmatics of Human Communication (co-authored with Paul Watzlawick and Janet Bevin Bavelas). He co-founded with Nathan Ackerman and Jay Haley the journal Family Process. He helped found the publishing house Science &amp; Behavior Books. Jackson won virtually every honor available in the field of Psychiatry, including the Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Award for contributions to understanding schizophrenia, the first Edward R. Strecker Award for contributions to in-patient treatment of hospitalized patients, and the 1967 Salmon Lecture from the American Psychiatric Association and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Don D. Jackson, M.D. Interactional Theory in the Practice of Therapy: Selected Papers, Volume 2

The Mental Research Institute (MRI) has a distinguished history and can lay claim as the birthplace of numerous contributions to Communication/Interactional theory and innovations in the application of these ideas in the practice of family and brief therapy -- not least of which is to be home of the MRI Brief Therapy Center (BTC). If the work of Don Jackson is the heart and soul of MRI, the articles in this new volume are its backbone. This new volume brings together a selection of the very best papers from the MRI Brief Therapy Center not an easy task for the editors. Consider that Fisch, Weakland, and Watzlawick published more than 250 articles and book chapters, and add the contributions of other BTC associates and the number grows to more than 400. The focus of this volume is on the most important papers written by John Weakland and Richard Fisch the pioneers of communication/interactional theory and brief therapy.

Focused Problem Resolution: Selected Papers of the MRI Brief Therapy Center

Richard Fisch

Karin Schlanger

Don D. Jackson, MD Del Amanecer de una era: Selección de ensayos, Volumen 1 (Spanish Edition)