Important People Flashcards
Murray Bowen
Founder of Bowen Family Therapy
Key Concepts: Differentiation of self, triangulation, reducing anxiety and emotional reactivity
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Founder of Contextual Family Therapy
Key concepts: Emphasis on fairness, reliability and trustworthiness, loyalty
William McDougall
Published The Group Mind in 1920 in which he describes how a group’s continuity depends on boundaries for differentiation of function and on customs and habits to make relationships predictable
Theodore Lidz
Focused on role reciprocity in marital relationships. Identified two types of marital discord: marital schism and marital skew
Lyman Wynne
Through his work with schizophrenic families, Wynne observed the concepts of pseudomutuality, pseudohostility, and the rubber fence
Initiated the child guidance movement in the early 1900s in Vienna. Broadened the understanding of psychological problems from a purely intrapsychic view to include the social context
Alfred Adler
Two physicians who opened the first marriage counseling center in New York City in 1929
Abraham and Hannah Stone
Begun the Marriage Council of Philadelphia in 1932. Helped found the American Association of Marriage Counselors in 1941, which became the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 1979.
Emily Mudd
Introduced conjoint therapy (both spouses seen together) in marriage counseling in 1959
Don Jackson
An Austrian psychiatrist who created psychodrama, a combination of group therapy and theatrical techniques
Jacob Moreno
Started multiple family group therapy in 1950 at Creedmor State Hospital in NY.
Peter Laqueur
Founded the journal, Family Process in the 1960s
Nathan Ackerman and Don Jackson
First editor of the Family Process journal
Jay Haley
Developed General Systems Theory in the 1940s
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Considered the father of family therapy and was among the first to work with whole families. Strong proponent of the need to consider intra-psychic phenomena when working with families.
Nathan Ackerman
Considered the father of family therapy and was among the first to work with whole families. Strong proponent of the need to consider intra-psychic phenomena when working with families.
Nathan Ackerman
Among the first to treat families. Used an approach called family group therapy in which he worked with multiple families together. Found that families in therapy proceed through stages and structured his work to concentrate on those stages
John Bell
Key Figures at MRI
Gregory Bateson, John Weakland, William Fry, Don Jackson, Jay Haley, and Virginia Satir
Studied patterns, processes, and organization in communication. One of the developers of communication theory
Gregory Bateson
Developed a model of problem-focused family therapy called brief therapy, in which he used directives to get families to change their behaviors.
Jay Haley
Interested in communication but added the dimension of feelings, or affect, to her work. Became a leading figure in the human potential movement.
Virginia Satir
Well-known hypnotist in Phoenix. Believed in the possibility of rapid change and his ability to turn people’s natural reluctance to change (resistance) to a therapeutic advantage. Used paradoxical techniques.
Milton Erickson
Originated the term schizophrenogenic mother. Blamed parents, particularly mothers, for their children’s symptoms.
Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
Developed the symbolic-experiential family therapy model in which he both supported and goaded patients and families, working in ways that were deeper and more personal than his contemporaries. The first to encourage the use of co-therapists.
Carl Whitaker
Founder of Structural Family Therapy
Key concepts: hierarchy, boundaries, subsystems, enmeshment, disengagement
Salvador Minuchin
Adopted the MRI group model and founded the Institute for Family Studies in Milan. Founded Milan systemic therapy in 1967.
Maria Selvini Palazzoli
Founded neuro-linguistic programming in the 1970s
Richard Bandler and John Grinder
Founded narrative therapy in Australia and New Zealand.
Michael White and David Epston
Developed solution-focused therapy in Milwaukee
Steve de Shazer and Insoo Berg
Developed collaborative language systems
Harlene Anderson and Harry Goolishian
Developed multiple impact therapy in Galveston, TX
Robert MacGregor
Developed network therapy for assisting families in crisis by assembling their entire social network
Ross Speck and Carolyn Attneave
Developed the concepts of family homeostasis and family rules
Don Jackson
One of the leading proponents of social construction theory
Lynn Hoffman
Founders of Solution-Focused Therapy
Steve de Shazer and Insoo Berg
