Salvador Minuchin
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| Salvador Minuchin | |
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 Salvador Minuchin |
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| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Known for | Structural Family Therapy |
Salvador Minuchin is a family therapist born and raised in San Salvador, Entre Ríos, Argentina. He developed Structural Family Therapy, which addresses problems within a family by charting the relationships between family members, or between subsets of family.[1] These charts represent power dynamics as well as the boundaries between different subsystems. The therapist tries to disrupt dysfunctional relationships within the family, and cause them to settle back into a healthier pattern. In 2007, a survey of 2,600 psychology practitioners named Minuchin as one of the ten most influential therapists of the past quarter-century.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and Family Therapy. Harvard University Press.
- ^ Psychotherapy Networker - Magazine > Articles > The Top 10
- Coyne, J.C. & Anderson, B.A.: “The ‘psychosomatic family’ reconsidered: Diabetes in context.” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 14: 113-124, 1988.
- Coyne, J.C. & Anderson, B.A.: “The ‘psychosomatic family’ II: Recalling a defective model and looking ahead.” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 15: 139-148, 1989.
- Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H. C. (2004). Family Therapy Techniques. Harvard University Press.
- Piercy, Fred (1986). Family Therapy Sourcebook. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 0898629136.
- Seligman, Linda (2004). Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling. New York: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 0306485141.
- Will, David (1985). Integrated Family Therapy. London: Tavistock. ISBN 042279760X.
[edit] External links
- The Minuchin Center
- The Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, Inc.- created as an outgrowth of the Family Therapy Training Center founded by Salvador Minuchin, M.D. in 1975.
