by Paul Watzlawick · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422627739
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«El arte de amargarse la vida» is the psychology essay by Paul Watzlawick, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (134 pages, in Spanish).
Paul Watzlawick examines with irony and everyday examples the thought patterns that turn small setbacks into suffering and lead to self-sabotage. The author uses short stories and recognizable situations to show how to identify these patterns and view them with detachment.
Work by psychotherapist and sociologist Paul Watzlawick (1921-2007), translated from German by Xavier Moll; original title: 'Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein'.
For readers of psychology and self-help seeking ironic humor and everyday examples.
Paul Watzlawick 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.
