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Paul Watzlawick

1921 - 2007

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Paul Watzlawick (July 25, 1921 – March 31, 2007) was an Austrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communication 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Watzlawick is the 83rd most popular psychologist (down from 79th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Austria (down from 280th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

Paul Watzlawick is most famous for his work on the "principle of double-bind" and "paradoxical intention." He was a psychotherapist, philosopher, and writer.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Paul Watzlawick ranks 83 out of 235. Before him are Stanislav Grof, Edward B. Titchener, Alexander Bain, David Wechsler, George Armitage Miller, and Timothy Leary. After him are Hugo Münsterberg, Ludwig Binswanger, G. Stanley Hall, Edward C. Tolman, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Auguste Forel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paul Watzlawick ranks 80. Before him are Peter Benenson, Franco Corelli, Lydia Litvyak, Farida of Egypt, Nobuo Matsunaga, and Harry Carey Jr.. After him are Viktor Kulikov, Donna Reed, Miklós Jancsó, James Clavell, Iris Apfel, and Thomas Schelling. Among people deceased in 2007, Paul Watzlawick ranks 53. Before him are Abbé Pierre, John Backus, Oscar Peterson, Gaston Thorn, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Nobuo Matsunaga. After him are David Lane, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michael Jackson, Ian Smith, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and Ike Turner.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Paul Watzlawick ranks 301 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (1574), István Széchenyi (1791), Ferdinand Čatloš (1895), and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737). After him are Friedrich von Wieser (1851), Otto, Duke of Austria (1301), Oskar Werner (1922), Peter L. Berger (1929), Hans Makart (1840), and Karl Lueger (1844).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Paul Watzlawick ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Adler (1870), Viktor Frankl (1905), Anna Freud (1895), Melanie Klein (1882), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), and Otto Rank (1884). After him are Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), Walter Mischel (1930), and Emma Eckstein (1865).

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