**Title** 202011011510 Wishes are expression of desired states. Ask the wish behind the wish. **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language **Wishes are an expression of a desired state. How we express, or describes the wish will depend on the use of language (how we were introduced to language). A person can have many wishes, or expressed many wishes, but the "wish behind the wish" speaks of the desired outcome/state.**[[020.300 Solution Focused MOC]] **Reference** Wishes are not items that occur in the mind or anywhere; this is one of the illusions of psychologism. We give expression to wishes. If we are asked what we wish, we do not look into our mind and describe what we see but express what we wish; they are expressions of our cognitive nature and their meaning depends on our initiation into language. Wishing as such is endless, the fulfillment of wishing is not. p25 [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Chapter 2. Paradoxes of meaning. p24 Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**