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== The term == [[Viktor Frankl|Dr. Viktor Frankl]], the founder of Logotherapy, coined the term in 1939 and advocated for its use by patients with severe anxiety disorders.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Clasquin | first1 = M. | date = 1989 | title = Paradoxical Intention and Zen New Light On An Old Technique? | url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/24764100 | journal = Journal for the Study of Religion | volume = 2 | issue = 2 | pages = 49β58 | doi = | access-date = | quote = Paradoxical intention [...] This form of psychotherapy was first set forth by Victor E. Frankl in 1939 and more comprehensively in 1946 (Frankl 1967: 145) and is a part of the psychotherapeutic system known as logotherapy, which likewise is associated with the name of Frankl.}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite book|last=Frankl|first=Viktor|title=[[Man's Search for Meaning]]|date=1959|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=0-8070-1426-5|edition=1984|location=New York, NY|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manssearchforme00fran/page/126 126]|authorlink=Viktor Frankl}}</ref> Though therapists had been utilizing paradoxical treatments for a long time before the term was coined.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />{{Rp|133}} Later on paradoxical intention was incorporated into Logotherapy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Frankl|first=Viktor E. (Viktor Emil)|url=https://archive.org/details/unheardcryformea00fran|title=The unheard cry for meaning : psychotherapy and humanism|date=1978|location=New York |publisher= Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-22891-0}}</ref>{{Rp|114}}
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