An introduction to the brief therapy techniques developed at Mental Research Institute; sound and videotaped examples of such interventions from actual therapy sessions.
Workshop 19 - Family Systems Therapy, featuring Murray Bowen, MD.
Some of the cardinal principles in Family Systems Theory will be presented. It is important to diagnose the emotional posture of principal family members. A videotape of family therapy will be presented and discussed.
Hypnosis continues as the "mother of the psychotherapies" by contributing new approaches to human facilitation. Specifically, we will learn to use the therapeutic
double bind, symptom prescription, and ideodynamic channeling to assess and facilitate a patient's inner resources.
Supervision Panel 3 featuring Bruno Bettelheim, PhD, Albert Ellis, PhD, Salvador Minuchin, MD, and Miriam Polster, PhD.
Moderated by Stuart M Gould, Jr, MD.
Educational Objectives:
To understand the efficacy of the "behind the mirror" technique
To show how understanding systems leads to effective strategic interventions
Educational Objectives:
To describe the adolescent passive-aggressive defense (borderline)
To know how to use confrontation to deal with passive-aggressive defenses