title: [Psychotherapy in the light of communication theory].
abstract: The main concepts of communication theory, particularly the various types of relationship--complementary, symmetrical, metacomplementary, paradoxical--are reviewed. Various forms of psychotherapy--psychoanalysis, hypnosis, etc.--are examined in the light of communication theory. It is concluded that all psychotherapeutic relationships involve a strong paradoxical tendency.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Le psicoterapie alla luce della teoria della comunicazione.