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The loss of Salvador Minuchin encourages reflection on both his legacy and the future of the paradigm he pioneered. This article examines Minuchin’s work, as well as the developmental trajectory of family t...
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There are strange parallels and a vital lesson between the successful prevention of Covid-19 and the central theory of family therapy's successful outcomes. Before I begin, I need to emphasize that in no way...
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I was a young psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School; after two years, I could be seen fleeing from the many different models and innovators, including Professor Aaron Beck, fou...
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When I relocated to New Zealand with my family in 2001, I wondered if the Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) framework might retrofit into the clinical arena to treat troubled adolescents and their families...
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Supervision is aimed to guide the future. But the question to ask is: if supervisors use the techniques they learned from their supervisors, who learned them from theirs, is this always recursive progression...
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A few months ago I did a short presentation at an educational retreat. During my presentation, I was asked, probably because of my wordiness, for some overall, key points that families should adhere to as th...
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From a family therapy point of view a crucial dynamic in how well a young person does is the extent to which his or her parents are together. Children for the most part cannot choose between their parents an...
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Greetings my name is Charles Fishman. This is a short blog on my friend, Dr. Salvador Minuchin, who died recently at age 96. He was still working avidly, preparing for a family therapy presentation to thou...
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A Remembrance of Braulio Montalvo (1934-2014) I am in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have just come back with my wife Tana, Braulio’s widow Margarita Montalvo, and their daughter Maria, from visiting Braulio’s a...
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