EP85 Workshop 17 - Family Therapy - Salvador Minuchin, MD
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Cultural and Social Contexts | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 32 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1985
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: Minuchin explores how change occurs in family therapy by focusing on universal patterns—like enmeshment, overprotection, and dependency—that cut across family systems. In sessions with high-conflict or symptomatic families, he challenges entrenched roles using metaphor, humor, and confrontation to shift responsibility and promote healthier dynamics. Minuchin underscores the therapist's role as both participant and guide, adapting interventions to the family’s structure and style.
Syllabus Description: The theories of change which guide the use of specific family therapy interventions.
Educational Objectives:
- To describe a framework for family therapy
- To list aspects of the therapeutic process
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Credits
Handouts
| Timestamped Transcript (1.2 MB) | 33 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Timestamped Transcript (1009.2 KB) | 25 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Salvador Minuchin, MD Related Seminars and Products
Salvador Minuchin, MD, developed Structural Family Therapy, which addresses problems within a family by charting the relationships between family members, or between subsets of family. He was Director of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. Although it was minimally staffed when he began, under his tutelage the Clinic grew to become one of the most modeled and respected child guidance facilities in the world. In 1981, Minuchin began his own family therapy center in New York. After his retirement in 1996, the center was renamed the Minuchin Center. Dr. Minuchin is the author of many notable books, including many classics. His latest is Mastering Family Therapy: Journeys of Growth and Transformation. In 2007, a survey of 2,600 practitioners named Minuchin as one of the ten most influential therapists of the past quarter-century.