Part One: Locating Paradox.

1. Defining Paradox.

2. Tracing the Roots of Paradoxical Thought.

3. Understanding Paradoxical Processes: Negation, Self-Reference, and Double Bind.

4. The Sources of Paradox in Group Dynamics.

Part Two: Exploring Paradox.

5. Paradoxes of Belonging: Identity, Involvement, Individuality, and Boundaries.

6. Paradoxes of Engaging: Disclosure, Trust, Intimacy, and Regression.

7. Paradoxes of Speaking: Authority, DepAndency, Creativity, and Courage.

8. Contextual Influences: The Process of Importing and Exporting Frames of Reference.

9. Intergroup Influences: The Paradoxes of Scarcity, Perception, and Power.

Part Three: Applying Paradox.

10. The Cycles of Group Movement and "Stuckness".

11. Using Paradoxical Thinking in Organizational Analysis: A Case Study.