TRANCEWORKS
Roots of NLP - Satir, Bateson, et al
The early days of NLP were a bold combination of the communications theories of Gregory Bateson, the new hypnotism of Milton Erickson, and the innovative family therapy approach of Virginia Satir. Read some of these seminal thinkers for yourself.
VIRGINIA SATIR - "Peoplemaking"
Trade Paperback1972, 304 pp
$9.00 -
A book about families for families. Satir's theories written for
the layperson. She believes that "any piece of behavior at a
moment in time is the outcome of the four-way interplay of the
person's self-worth and body condition at that moment, his
interaction with another, his system, and his place in time and
space and situation." Understanding this, she lays out the
techniques which allow anything to change.
VIRGINIA SATIR - "Conjoint Family
Therapy"
Trade Paperback, 1964, 196 pp
$9.50
Satir's unorthodox techniques for working with families in a book
written for therapists. Her emphasis is on the relationships
between people that hamper growth and development.
VIRGINIA SATIR, JAMES STACHOWIAK,
HARVEY TASCHMAN "Helping Families to Change"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1975, 296 pp
$25.00
$15.00 - a trade paperback copy
Probably the best book you can buy on conjoint family therapy, as
developed by Satir. Includes actual transcripts, as well as a
host of theoretical ideas and clinical findings to back it up. If
you work with families, you really ought to read this book.
VIRGINIA SATIR & MICHELE BALDWIN
"Satir Step By Step"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1983, 281 pp
$15.00
The first half of this book is an annotated transcript of a Satir
session, explaining her interventions and techniques step by
step. The second half is an overview of Satir's basic concepts
and techniques including the Seed Model, Family Reconstruction
and Parts Parties.
VIRGINIA SATIR "Making Contact"
Trade Paperback, 1976, NEW COPY
$7.95
The path to better communication begins with learning about
contact. You have eyes, ears, feelings, speech, thought,
movement, actions through which you make contact with yourself
and with others. Virginia Satir used techniques developed in her
workshops to make clear what habits and experiences influence you
in subtle ways.
GREGORY BATESON "Steps to an Ecology of
Mind"
Hardbound w/DJ, 535 pp
$65
Simply one of the most important books of the 20th century.
Bateson's signature work of information theory, anthropology,
philosophy, natural science, psychology and biology. If you don't
agree, then you can kiss my epistomology.
GREGORY BATESON - "Sacred Unity"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1991, First Edition, 346 pp
$40.00
The posthumous collection of addresses, articles and insights
meticulously edited by Rodney Donaldson. Sections include Form
and Pattern in Antropology, Form and Pathology in Relationship,
Epistemology and Ecology, and Health, Ethics, Aesthetics, and the
Sacred.
GREGORY BATESON - "Mind and Nature - A
Necessary Unity"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1979, 238 pp
$42.50
Bateson in his mature stage in the late 70's - a master at work,
drawing from his vast knowledge of the natural sciences to
punctuate his cybernetic theories.
DAVID LIPSET : "Gregory Bateson -
The Legacy of a Scientist"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1982, 363 pp
$29.50
Drawing on interviews with family, friends and colleagues, Lipset
creates a lively biography of one of the most remarkable
scientists of our time. Bateson's pioneering work in
communication theory was later used by Richard Bandler in the
creation of NLP.
GERALD WEEKS & LUCIANO L'ABATE
"Paradoxical Psychotherapy:Theory and Practice with
Individuals, Couples and Families"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1982, 268 pp
$17.50
Taking their cue from the likes of Milton Erickson, Gregory
Bateson, Paul Watzlawick and others, these authors have compiled
a comprehensive overview of the theories and approaches of
paradoxical therapy, including a compilation of paradoxical
techniques. Case studies, rsearch, and professional and ethical
issues are also covered.
JOHN BROCKMAN (ed) "About Bateson"
Trade Paperback, 1977, 249 pp, First Edition
$22.50
An anthology of articles about Gregory bateson by Ray
Birdwhistell, Rollo May, Margaret Mead, Edwin Schlossberg,
David Lipson, John Brockman and Mary Catherine Bateson.
MARGARET MEAD & FRANCIS MACGREGOR
(Photographs by GREGORY BATESON) "Growth and Culture : a
Photographic study of Balinese Childhood"
Hardbound, Putnam, 1951, 223
$27.50
This oversized book is the sequel to the very collectible volume
"Balinese Culture", using some of the 25,000 the
photographs taken by Gregory Bateson between 1936 and 1939.
Analyzed with the help of noted child development expert Dr.
Arnold Gesell.
JURGEN RUESCH - "Therapeutic
Communication"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1961, 480 pp
$25.00
The systems-model of communications as applied to
therapeuticcommunications, as presented by Bateson's co-author of
Communication.
DAVID LIPSET - "Gregory Bateson - The
Legacy of a Scientist"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1982, 363 pp
$25.00
$15.00 - trade paperback
Drawing on interviews with family, friends and colleagues, Lipset
creates a lively biography of one of the most remarkable
scientists of our time.
PAUL WATZLAWICK "The Situation is
Hopeless, But Not Serious"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1983, 125 pp
$22.50
According to the author, a member of Bateson's famed Palo Alto
group, we make ourself constantly unhappy with all the little
things. His prescription makes thought-provoking use of the
double bind.
MILTON BERGER (ed) "Beyond the Double
Bind - Communication and Family Systems, Theories , and
Techniques with Schizophrenics"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1978, 264 pp.
$27.50
With contributions by Gregory Bateson, Jay Haley, John Weakland,
Carl Whitaker and others, this collection contains the seminal
paper "Toward a Theory of Schizophrenia", as well as
Bateson's "The Birth of a Matrix or Double Bind and
Epistemology" and other articles.
MARY CATHERINE BATESON "With a
Daughter's Eye"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1984, 304 pp
$19.50
SALE PRICE $15.00
Paperback copy - $4.00
Imagine growing up with Gregory Bateson as your father and
Margaret Mead as your mother. The intimate memoirs of a very
special family.
MARY CATHERINE BATESON "Our Own
Metaphor"
Hardbound,1972, 343 pp
$40.00
In 1968 Gregory Bateson organized a conference on "The
Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation". His
daughter, just at the beginning of her career, chronicles the
events in this inspiring record of Bateson at the peak of his
powers.
PAUL WATZLAWICK, JOHN WEAKLAND & RICHARD
FISCH "Change - Principles of Problem Formation and
Problem Resolution"
Hardback w/DJ, 1974, 172 pp,
$15.00
With a Foreword by Milton Erickson, this book is an outgrowth of
the work at the Brief Therapy Center of the famed Palo Alto
group. It examines how common sense and logical approaches often
fail (and often compound problems!) while seemingly illogical and
unreaasonable actions succeed in producting the desired change.
PAUL WATZLAWICK "The Language of
Change: Elements of Therapeutic Communication"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1978, 172 pp Out of Print
$25.00
$15.00 - ex library copy with dj
A member of the Palo Alto group along with Gregory Bateson and
Jay Haley, this book draws on the work of Milton Erickson and
combines his own fascinating argument that the language of
traditional therapy is too rigid and filled with reason, whereas
the world of the unconscious is metaphorical, and thus needs a
different method of therapeutic communication.
PAUL WATZLAWICK, JANED BAVELAS, DON JACKSON
"Pragmatics of Human Communiction"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1967, First Edition, 294 pp
$15.00
A study of interactional patterns, pathologies and paradoxes from
these members of the Palo Alto group, based on their work with
Gregory Bateson. A comprehensive theory of human communication in
small groups, such as the family.
PEGGY PAPP "The Process of Change"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1983, 248 pp
$25.00
A synthesis of the ideas of Milton Erickson, Paul Watzlawick, Jay
Haley, Virginia Satir, the Milan Group and the Palo Alto group. A
practical guide for working therapists on how to help your client
to change with intervention strategies.
JAY HALEY & LYNN HOFFMAN -
"Techniques of Family Therapy"
Trade Paperback, 1967, 471 pp
$12.50 -
Five Leading Family Therapists, including Virginia Satir, reveal
their working styles, strategies and approaches.
JAY HALEY "Reflections
on Therapy, and other essays"
Hardbound, 1981, 259 pp
$19.50
Two essays alone make this book worth the price: the first
"Development of a Theory: History of a Research
Project" chronicles the tale of Gregory Bateson's ten
year research project on communication and systems theory. The
second, "The Contribution to Therapy of Milton H.
Erickson" sums up many of Haley's personal experiences with
Erickson, and how they illustrate Erickson's approach to therapy.
The other 11 essays cover all aspects of the systems approach to
family therapy.
JAY HALEY "Changing Families : a
family therapy reader"
Hardbound, 1971, 353 pp
$19.50
Another great anthology, this one includes Milton Erickson
on 'Indirect Hypnotherapy of a Bedwetting Couple", Jackson
and Weakland on 'Conjoint Family Therapy", Virginia
Satir on 'The Family as a Treatment Unit", plus articles by
Salvador Minuchin, Murray Bowen, Carl Whitaker, Lynn Hoffman and
others - 23 articles in all.
FRANK FARRELLY AND JEFF BRANDSMA
"Provocative Therapy"
Hardbound, 1974, 195 pp
$12.50
An early book from Meta Publications featuring some unusual
notions of doing therapy. Its no surprise that these guys list
Bateson and Haley in their bibliography.
LYNN HOFFMAN - "Foundations of Family
Therapy - A Conceptual Framework for Systems Change"
Hardbound w/DJ, 1981, 377 pp
$22.50
Hoffman uses Bateson's theories of communication models as the
starting point for a systematic examination of Family Therapy.
This book has one of the best examinations and applications of
the Bateson model that I have ever read. Also includes a look at
Milton erickson, Virginia Satir, Jay Haley, and others.
STEPHEN NACHMANOVITCH "Free Play -
Improvisation in Life and Art"
Trade Paperback, 1990, 208 pp
$10.00
A book on creativity, art, mysticism, enlightenment, play,
limits, batesonian theory, childhood, and more. A great book.
F.L. STUMPERS "Bibliography of
Information Theory, Communication Theory, Cybernetics"
8 1/2 x 11 wrappers, 1953, 46 pp, Ex Lib
$27.50
A very uncommon and early bibliography, issued on mimeographed
sheets from the Research Laboratory of Electronics at M.I.T.
JOHN LILLY "The Center of the Cyclone -
An Autobiography of Inner Space"
Trade Paperback, 1972, Julian Press, 222 pp
$7.50
A look at inner space, 70's style. The renowned dolphin
researcher combines LSD and isolation tangs to explore personal
reality and mystical experience.