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Family therapy. 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. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between ...
David Epston (born 30 August 1944) is a New Zealand social worker and therapist, formerly co-director of the Family Therapy Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, formerly visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy University, formerly an honorary clinical lecturer in the Department of Social Work, University of Melbourne, and formerly an affiliate faculty member in the Ph.D program in Couple and ...
Structural family therapy (SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minuchin which addresses problems in functioning within a family. Structural family therapists strive to enter, or "join", the family system in therapy in order to understand the invisible rules which govern its functioning, map the relationships between family members or between subsets of the family, and ...
Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, [ 1] recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy [ 2] honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". [ 3][ 4] Her best known books are Conjoint ...
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. [ 2][ 3]
During this decade, the journal was sold for $1,000 to what would become the Family Process Institute. [9] Don Bloch became the second editor. [9] Included in the journal during his tenure was the development of the many types of family therapy models, emphasis on the family life cycle, culture, immigration, marital therapy, and gender. [11]
Emotionally focused therapy. Emotionally focused therapy and emotion-focused therapy ( EFT) are a set of related approaches to psychotherapy with individuals, couples, or families. EFT approaches include elements of experiential therapy (such as person-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy ), systemic therapy, and attachment theory. [ 1]
Michael White (psychotherapist) Michael White (29 December 1948 – 4 April 2008) [ 1] was an Australian social worker and family therapist. He is known as the founder of narrative therapy, and for his significant contribution to psychotherapy and family therapy, which have been a source of techniques adopted by other approaches.