ABSTRACT
We have mentioned paradox several times and we now need to take it up and examine some ways of constructing and delivering it. There are different levels of paradox. We haven’t figured out a schema that is satisfactory to categorize all of them. There is paradox that deals with the immediacy of the moment and there is paradox that is of essential truths: “You are free to feel secure to the extent that you are free to experience your insecurity.” The paradoxical symptom prescription is yet a different category. We think the latter is useful and important to use with almost every client, as we will explain. So we think our breakdown here is very useful and complete.
