A report on Family therapy
Branch of psychology and clinical social work that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development.
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Jay Haley
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Jay Douglas Haley (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2007) was one of the founding figures of brief and family therapy in general and of the strategic model of psychotherapy, and he was one of the more accomplished teachers, clinical supervisors, and authors in these disciplines.
Psychotherapy
3 linksUse of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems.
Use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems.
Most involve one-to-one sessions, between the client and therapist, but some are conducted with groups, including families.
Mental Research Institute
4 linksThe Palo Alto Mental Research Institute (MRI) is one of the founding institutions of brief and family therapy.
Systemic therapy (psychotherapy)
3 linksIn psychotherapy, systemic therapy seeks to address people not only on the individual level, as had been the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but also as people in relationships, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics.
In psychotherapy, systemic therapy seeks to address people not only on the individual level, as had been the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but also as people in relationships, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics.
Systemic therapy has its roots in family therapy, or more precisely family systems therapy as it later came to be known.
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
2 linksIvan Boszormenyi-Nagy (May 19, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of family therapy.
Donald deAvila Jackson
2 linksDonald deAvila Jackson, M.D. (2 January 1920 – 29 January 1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy.
Mental disorder
4 linksBehavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
Behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
There is also a wide range of psychotherapists (including family therapy), counselors, and public health professionals.
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
1 linksThe American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a professional association in the field of marriage and family therapy representing more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad.
Virginia Satir
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Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 – 10 September 1988) was an American author and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy.
Paul Watzlawick
1 linksAustrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communication theorist, and philosopher.
Austrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communication theorist, and philosopher.
A theoretician in communication theory and radical constructivism, he commented in the fields of family therapy and general psychotherapy.