**Title** 202011011332 Human uses language to develop the mind as a continuous circle. **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language #counselling #therapeutic-relationship #sense **Before we can understand the mind, we have to have the language to describe and talk about the mind. before we can make sense of mathematical objects, we have to be able to use mathematical language. That is how a child develop a concept of the mind, inner world and mental processes, only after she learn how to express her feelings, perceptions, thoughts.** **Reference** "In empirical science we discover facts about physical objects but in [[psychotherapy]] we can only become cognizant of the mind, mental processes, the self, consciousness, feelings, when we can use psychological language. A child has to be able to express her feeli ngs, perceptions, thoughts, before she can develop a concept of the mind, inner world, and mental processes. Psychological language does not make sense because non-sensory ‘things’ like the mind, internal objects, consciousness, existed before psychoanalysts. Rather we can only understand models of the mind because we can use psychologi- cal language. The heart of [[psychotherapy]] is not theories of the mind but concrete problems as to how we make sense or fail to. In this way it is similar to mathematics, where before we can make sense of mathematical objects and create new ones, we have to be able to use mathematical language." [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Introduction Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**