Paradoxical intention: a homeopathic psychotherapeutic approach?

Resumo

Paradoxical intention (PI) is a psychotherapeutic technique in which patients are encouraged to do or want precisely the things they fear most. That approach is close to homeopathy on the grounds of Organon of Medicine §26, where Hahnemann states that pain might be removed by a stronger cause of pain, even if fictitious. Validated in psychotherapeutic practice since the end of the 1920s, PI might serve as a resource to improve homeopathic clinical practice as a true homeopathic psychotherapeutic technique.