“Things have to be done fast in America, and therefore therapy has to be brief.”

— Gregory Bateson

Source: Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry, 1951, p. 148 as cited in: C.H. Patterson (1958) "Two approaches to human relations". in: American Journal of Psychotherapy. Vol 7.

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English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual … 1904–1980

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