--- product_id: 18038995 title: "The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication" price: "€ 37.76" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/18038995-the-language-of-change-elements-of-therapeutic-communication store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication **Price:** € 37.76 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication - **How much does it cost?** € 37.76 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/18038995-the-language-of-change-elements-of-therapeutic-communication) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication [Watzlawick, Paul] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication Review: Explores the magic of language - When the USSR began to fragment in the early 1980's, scientists with their lifetimes spent behind the "Iron Curtain," introduced banned Soviet manuscripts from minds like Lev Vygotsky, whose ideas on thought & language, would have supported Dr. Watzlawick's work conceptually & technically. In this farsighted text, Dr. Watzlawick deals with fanatically complex dynamics involved in linguistic instrumentality, communicational pragmatics, & in both tandem conscious & unconscious intersubjective processes. Watzlawick & his post-Bateson crew, had situated training in a unique version of a psycholinguistic based, hybrid for on medical hypnotherapy, conceptualized by Milton H. Erickson. Gregory Bateson & Margaret Mead, in 1936, become friends to the Erickson's over a mutual interest in arcane Polynesian "trance rituals." During the Stanford Project of Gregory Bateson, Paul Watzlawick & Jay Haley were staff researchers wanting beyond the double-bind project goal, a taxonomy for "The Pragmatics of human Communication." Bateson turned his Stanford group over to Milton H. Erickson, MD, for hand-on psychotherapeutic training, employing, what on the surface seems bizarre, non-social language constructions. As conceptualized by Watzlawick from the behaviorism wars conclusion (circa 1946-1985), his work was considered attending to a clients unconscious therapeutic behavior. Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP), was derived from another pair of training psychotherapist with Milton Erickson, which means the approaches overlap, yet still different. Ironically, when considering Paul Watzlawick's position on many of todays insights, elevating his concerns of language & change to a scientifically valid body of knowledge. The "Black Box" of our brain had not occurred, the gene wasn't mapped, & computational science had not yet metered. The entire Bateson network was, in modern terms, anti-psychiatry, without the DSM-III, lousy drugs, & a largely ineffective psychotherapy profession. Their skepticism & well founded mistrust of genetics & behavior, research psychiatry, & their rigid views toward such topics, date their era. Researchers like Paul Watzlawick, had not in their later years, accept a legitimate role for genetic predisposition impacting real-time behavioral outcomes, or today's views on language & Adaptive Unconscious Processes, social priming, automatic behaviors, & subtle neurological issues could exist. Review: Six stars! - Six stars! Exactly as listed. Excellent book worth reading by anyone interested in the process of change whether on a limited or a life-altering basis. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,295,356 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,406 in Popular Psychology Psychoanalysis #1,473 in Medical Psychotherapy TA & NLP #1,913 in Popular Psychology Psychotherapy | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (32) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.3 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0393310205 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0393310207 | | Item Weight | 7.2 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 186 pages | | Publication date | July 17, 1993 | | Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | ## Images ![The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71nRdE2m3XL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Explores the magic of language *by R***U on October 18, 2014* When the USSR began to fragment in the early 1980's, scientists with their lifetimes spent behind the "Iron Curtain," introduced banned Soviet manuscripts from minds like Lev Vygotsky, whose ideas on thought & language, would have supported Dr. Watzlawick's work conceptually & technically. In this farsighted text, Dr. Watzlawick deals with fanatically complex dynamics involved in linguistic instrumentality, communicational pragmatics, & in both tandem conscious & unconscious intersubjective processes. Watzlawick & his post-Bateson crew, had situated training in a unique version of a psycholinguistic based, hybrid for on medical hypnotherapy, conceptualized by Milton H. Erickson. Gregory Bateson & Margaret Mead, in 1936, become friends to the Erickson's over a mutual interest in arcane Polynesian "trance rituals." During the Stanford Project of Gregory Bateson, Paul Watzlawick & Jay Haley were staff researchers wanting beyond the double-bind project goal, a taxonomy for "The Pragmatics of human Communication." Bateson turned his Stanford group over to Milton H. Erickson, MD, for hand-on psychotherapeutic training, employing, what on the surface seems bizarre, non-social language constructions. As conceptualized by Watzlawick from the behaviorism wars conclusion (circa 1946-1985), his work was considered attending to a clients unconscious therapeutic behavior. Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP), was derived from another pair of training psychotherapist with Milton Erickson, which means the approaches overlap, yet still different. Ironically, when considering Paul Watzlawick's position on many of todays insights, elevating his concerns of language & change to a scientifically valid body of knowledge. The "Black Box" of our brain had not occurred, the gene wasn't mapped, & computational science had not yet metered. The entire Bateson network was, in modern terms, anti-psychiatry, without the DSM-III, lousy drugs, & a largely ineffective psychotherapy profession. Their skepticism & well founded mistrust of genetics & behavior, research psychiatry, & their rigid views toward such topics, date their era. Researchers like Paul Watzlawick, had not in their later years, accept a legitimate role for genetic predisposition impacting real-time behavioral outcomes, or today's views on language & Adaptive Unconscious Processes, social priming, automatic behaviors, & subtle neurological issues could exist. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Six stars! *by C***I on September 21, 2011* Six stars! Exactly as listed. Excellent book worth reading by anyone interested in the process of change whether on a limited or a life-altering basis. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is it gentlemen *by H***O on June 21, 2019* Elucidated Erickson’s techniques better than anyone with less pages smh ## Frequently Bought Together - The Language of Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication - Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution - The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/18038995-the-language-of-change-elements-of-therapeutic-communication](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/18038995-the-language-of-change-elements-of-therapeutic-communication) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*