Re: A BINDING thought, though......
- Subject: Re: A BINDING thought, though......
- From: McClendon & Associates <mccassoc@iig.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 18:50:31 +1000
At 09:42 AM 11/30/96 -0500, you wrote:
>In some books and on the Web I have come across info on single and double
>binds that is used in NLP for reasons that I'm unaware of. I believe that it
>is used when we persuade others.
Dear NoledgeSeeker,
Double bind theory has been around at least since the
early 1970's. Early therapeutic models were used by
Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy), Virginia Satir ( Family Systems)
and Milton Erickson (Hypnosis and Brief Therapy).
The classic model is, (in the context of a group therapy
session)a woman who can't say no is approached by the group
therapist and instructed to say no to each group member.
She is damned if she does and damned if she does not.
She is in a double bind. She either says no to the therapist or no
to the group members. A no comment is considered a no also.
Jay Haley edited a book on therapeutic double binds
called "Strategies of Psychotherapy", for individual,
couple and family double binds.
Kind regards
Terry McClendon
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