May emphasizes the importance of availability to the client; Rogers, that the therapist serves a function rather than a role. Satir examines client expectations, and how the therapist can be a leader while still maintaining a relationship based on equality. Szasz describes concrete economic factors, social and psychological factors that motivate the therapist. The panel also responds to questions from the audience.
Case Discussion Panel 02 featuring James F. Masterson, MD, Salvador Minuchin, MD, Zerka Moreno, and Paul Watzlawick, PhD. Moderated by Ann Wright-Edwards, MS.
Topical Panel 06 on Training Psychotherapists Part 1, featuring Robert L Goulding, MD, Arnold A Lazarus, PhD, Erving Polster, PhD, and Lewis R Wolberg, MD.
Moderated by Sharon Cottor, MSW.
Topical Panel 07 on Psychotherapy and Social Issues, featuring Ronald D Laing, MD, Judd Marmor, MD, Paul Watzlawick, PhD, and Joseph Wolpe, MD.
Moderated by Aaron H Canter, PhD.
Topical Panel 08 on the Language of Human Facilitation, featuring Erving Polster, PhD, Miriam Polster, PhD, Carl R Rogers, PhD, and Ernest L Rossi, PhD.
Moderated by Aaron H Canter, PhD.
Invited Address Session 3 - Part 2 - My Many Voices: Personal Perspectives on Family Therapy featuring Salvador Minuchin, MD.
With discussant Zerka Moreno.
Moderated by Sharon Cottor, MSW.
Educational Objectives:
To trace the development of therapeutic language from interpretation to injunctions
To show the effect that this evolution has had on the idea of "reality adaptation," highlight the "as if" nature of our interpretations
Invited Address Session 5 - Part 1 - Transactional Analysis and Redecision: A Short-Term, Focused Approach to Change featuring Mary M. Goulding, MSW.
With discussant Jeffrey K Zeig, PhD.
Moderated by Theodore Reid, Jr, MD.