EP00 Supervision Panel 1 - William Glasser, MD; Cloe Madanes, Lic. Psychol.; James Masterson, MD
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- Topic Areas:
- Supervision Panels | Supervision | Psychotherapy | Dissociation | Family Systems | Family Therapy | Personality Disorders | Reality Therapy | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- William Glasser, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | James F. Masterson, MD
- Duration:
- 1:00:31
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 27, 2000
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Outline:
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Event and Panel Introduction
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Milton H. Erickson Foundation hosts a 2000 psychotherapy conference.
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Michael Munion introduces panelists: Cloe Madanes, James Masterson, and William Glasser.
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Format: panelists present their therapeutic models, followed by case consultations.
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Cloe Madanes – Strategic/Interactional Therapy
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Focuses on changing significant relationships to resolve client problems.
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Uses directives: direct, metaphorical, or paradoxical actions.
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Prefers live supervision through observation mirrors over phone consultations.
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James Masterson – Psychoanalytic Approach
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Works with personality disorders through weekly supervision.
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Emphasizes managing countertransference and using process notes.
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Helps therapists recognize emotional reactions and make appropriate interventions.
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William Glasser – Reality Therapy
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Teaches through role-playing and demonstrations.
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Prioritizes technique and action over deep interpretation.
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Influenced by diverse psychiatric approaches, adapts based on outcomes.
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Case 1: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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Therapist Kathy Pacita presents a client with nine alters from childhood abuse.
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Glasser is skeptical of DID, suggests focusing on real-life problems and relationships.
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Masterson views DID as a defense; recommends reality-based confrontation.
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Madanes advises family involvement to address abuse and promote healing.
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Case 2: Violent, Homicidal Adolescent
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15-year-old girl in juvenile hall with severe aggression, trauma, and possible brain damage.
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History: mother's death in a physical altercation; multiple violent incidents.
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Masterson explains prefrontal cortex damage and its role in behavioral control.
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Glasser and panel emphasize need for a secure, supportive, structured environment.
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Case 3: Self-Harming Young Woman with BPD
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19-year-old woman with drug use, self-cutting, emotional instability, and body piercings.
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Feels compelled to prove her "badness" and is frustrated by a non-rejecting boyfriend.
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Masterson recommends confronting internalized hostility and exploring motives.
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Madanes suggests family therapy to address systemic contributions and provide support.
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Panel agrees: blend support and challenge to address underlying emotional needs.
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Credits
Faculty
William Glasser, MD Related Seminars and Products
William Glasser, MD, who received his MD degress in 1953 from Case Western Reserve University was an American psychiatrist. William was awarded an honorary doctorate in human letters by the University of San Francisco. Founder and Director of the Institute for Reality Therapy, he was authoer and editor of ten books on the topics of reality therapy and education. He was also the developer of Choice Theory. His ideas, which focus on personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation, are considered controversial by mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses", and who often prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.
Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC Related Seminars and Products
Cloé Madanes, HDL, LIC, is a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and strategic therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored seven books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love and Violence; The Violence of Men; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker; and Relationship Breakthrough. She has presented her work at professional conferences all over the world and has given keynote addresses for The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; the National Association of Social Workers, The Erickson Foundation, the California Psychological Association and many other national and international conferences. Madanes has won several awards for distinguished contribution to psychology and has counseled outstanding individuals from all walks of life.
James F. Masterson, MD Related Seminars and Products
James F. Masterson (M.D., Jefferson Medical School, 1951) was Director of the Masterson Group, P.C., which specializes in the treatment of adolescent and adult character disorders. Additionally, he was Director of the Masterson Institute (formerly Character Disorder Foundation); attending psychiatrist at New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic; and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College. Masterson has authored seven books and edited two volumes, mostly on the topic of psychoanalytic approaches to character disoreders and adolescents. His seminal work on the borderline personality has made him one of the most influential and studied practitioners of modern psychoanalytic methods.