[Moral problems in psychotherapy (author's transl)].
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This article demonstrates the failing of hitherto attempts to differentiate between assertive and aggressive behavior and points out the necessity to develop more appropriate models for the treatment of interpersonal communication problems.
The intention of this article is not to make a contribution to the historical analysis of the complex structure of conditions which eventually led to the development of the many techniques of Behavior Modification. Due to the increasing interests -- especially recently -- for the real and true fathers, grand-fathers and great-grandfathers of Behavior Modification this article tries to provide a first concept of a "Personality-History of Behavior Modification". In other words; it is the very first attempt to take Eysenck's demand seriously: "Credits should be given where it is due." (Eysenck 1975 b, S. 72.).
The analysis of the treatment-model, that Watzlawick et al. developed in reference to his "pragmatic communication theory" shows in addition to many theoretical inadequacies that despite the "easy-to-imitate"-impression the reproducibility of the described therapeutic techniques is definitely insufficient.
This article examines the question, if - in spite of the theoretical inadequacies and insufficient reproducibility of the therapy-model and its treatment methods that Watzlawick et al. described in Lösungen - an analysis of concrete treatment examples could yield suitable therapeutic techniques to broaden the interventional spectrum of psychotherapy, especially of behavioral oriented forms. The result of the analysis is negative.