ABSTRACT
In Change, Paul Watzlawick, using Buddha’s words, gives a surprising definition, at least at that time, of change: “The only constant in our lives is change.” Change is therefore not only therapeutic, it can also be pathogenic, which in most cases belies the idea that one can be born sick. Catastrophic change is an extremely rapid change; a saltus from one state to another caused by such a direct intervention that it provokes an immediate change in the perception of reality. The geometrically exponential change with the avalanche effect is processual and occurs when we cannot produce an emotional corrective experience during the session or by a single prescription. In the clinical area, a series of phobic disorders derives from fear that goes from the basic fear to a sensation or emotion as debilitating as panic attacks.
