ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the steps and comments on their applicability. Revisiting this thoughtful and provocative commentary offers contemporary therapists a chance to compare Jay Haley’s rather provocative view of the therapeutic landscape 40 years ago with. Haley suggests trying to approach patients’ behavioral problems in the same unsuccessful way and with the same limited understanding that family members and therapists have used. Haley insists on the importance of ignoring “the real world that patients live in,” and instead emphasizes the importance of their infancy, inner dynamics, and fantasy life to fail. Haley advises, “If a therapist sets goals, someone is likely to raise a question whether they have been achieved.” Haley contends, “Only by keeping results a mystery and avoiding any systematic follow-up of patients can one ensure that therapeutic techniques will not be improved and the writings of the past will not be questioned.”
