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Perhaps their most famous and influential publication was Towards a Theory of Schizophrenia (1956), [1] which introduced the concept of the Double Bind, and helped found Family Therapy. [2] One of the project's first locations was the Menlo Park VA Hospital, which was chosen because of Bateson's previous work there as an ethnologist. [3]
With regards to family therapy, Ackerman incorporated the idea of "the family being a social and emotional unit." His main focuses, with respect to family therapy, were intergenerational ties and conflicts, the influence of long-term social change impacting the family, the developmental stages of the family as a single unit, the importance of ...
Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development.
Carl Whitaker, M.D. Carl Alanson Whitaker (1912–1995) was an American physician and psychotherapy pioneer family therapist. "Carl Whitaker was one of the founding generation of family therapists who broke the rules of the psychotherapeutic orthodoxies of the time, such as that therapy focused on a single client and was totally divorced from family life," said Richard Simon, editor of The ...
Lynn Hoffman (Paris, France, September 10, 1924; December 21, 2017) [1] [2] was an American social worker, family therapist, author and historian of family therapy.Her mother, Ruth Reeves was a painter, Art Deco textile designer and an originator of the American Index of Design.
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (May 19, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of family therapy.Born Iván Nagy, his family name was changed to Böszörményi-Nagy during his childhood.
Donald deAvila Jackson, M.D. (January 2, 1920 – January 29, 1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy. From 1947 to 1951, he studied under Harry Stack Sullivan. [1]
Jay Haley. Jay Douglas Haley (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2007) [1] was one of the founding figures of Problem-solving brief therapy 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.