The title “Pragmatics of Human Communication” has been hailed as one of the best books on human communication and is a timeless bestseller. This work has served as the foundation for numerous contemporary studies on interpersonal communication while also establishing approaches that focus on the context of psychotherapy. The authors present the simple yet radical idea that problems in life often stem from communication issues, rather than deep psychological disorders, enhancing their conceptual explorations with case studies and well-known literary examples. Written with humor and accessible to various readers, this book identifies simple properties and axioms of human communication and demonstrates how all communications are functions of their contexts. Topics covered include: the roots of communication, the idea that every behavior is communication, meta-communication, the properties of an open system, the family as a communication system, the nature of paradox in psychotherapy, and existentialism in human communication.