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EP05 Topical Panel 11 - Role of the Therapist/Role of the Client - Claudia Black, PhD; William Glasser, MD; Salvador Minuchin, MD; Ernest Rossi, PhD

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Topic Areas:
Topical Panels |  Psychotherapy |  Therapeutic Relationship |  Therapist Development |  Intervention Strategies
Categories:
Evolution of Psychotherapy |  Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005
Faculty:
Claudia Black, PhD |  William Glasser, MD |  Salvador Minuchin, MD |  Ernest Rossi, PhD
Duration:
58 Minutes
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Original Program Date:
Dec 09, 2005
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Tags: Psychotherapy Therapeutic Relationship Therapist Development Ernest Rossi Salvador Minuchin William Glasser Emotional Growth Homework Observation Psychoeducational Approach Receptive Communication Tailoring Therapeutic Alliance Validation Empathic Communication Behavioral Rehearsal Integration Techniques Change Processes

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Description:

Educational Objectives:

  1. To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*

Outline: 

Panel Introduction

  • Panelists: Salvador Minuchin, Claudia Black, William Glasser, Ernest Rossi.

  • Dr. Ernest Rossi discusses psychotherapy as a creative process with four stages:

    1. Wondering – exploring possibilities

    2. Incubation – allowing ideas to settle

    3. Illumination – gaining insights

    4. Verification – confirming change

  • Therapists should ask open-ended questions, validate insights, and support client narratives.

Claudia Black on Addiction Therapy

  • Emphasizes creating a safe space—both physically and emotionally.

  • Focuses on assessing support systems and addressing self-destructive behaviors.

  • Sees the therapist as teacher, ally, and validating presence in recovery.

William Glasser on Choice Theory

  • Works with clients dissatisfied in life and relationships.

  • Stresses building strong, respectful relationships in therapy.

  • Introduces Choice Theory:

    • People seek power but often use harmful habits (criticism, blame, complaining).

    • Therapy teaches healthy ways to meet needs without damaging relationships.

Ernest Rossi’s Perspective

  • Describes therapy as a “dance” of transformation.

  • Believes patients can become healers themselves.

  • Advocates working with entire family systems and collaborating with agencies and courts to address broader issues.

Cross-Cultural Challenges in Therapy

  • Therapists may speak the language but miss cultural context.

  • Claudia Black notes a lack of cross-cultural models in addiction work.

  • Rossi highlights the need for systemic and political change in care access.

  • Emphasis on integrating therapy with social and legal systems.

Engaging Resistant or Avoidant Clients

  • Some clients express interest but avoid sessions.

  • Rossi stresses the role of therapist training and presence.

  • Glasser reflects on school systems and how grading affects disadvantaged students.

  • Overall message: strong therapist-client relationships are key to engagement.

Working with Non-Verbal Clients

  • For non-verbal teens, Glasser suggests creating dialogue by modeling speech.

  • Goal is to build comfort and initiate interaction.

  • Therapists must find creative, connection-based methods to reach non-verbal clients.

Hope and Medication

  • Question raised about clients losing hope after being told medication is essential.

  • Glasser believes therapy can work with or without medication and shares success stories of clients stopping meds.

  • Emphasizes the power of therapy and hope, regardless of medication status.

Final Thoughts and Audience Q&A

  • Audience asks about:

    • Power dynamics in therapy

    • Working with foster families

    • Cultural impacts on treatment

  • Panelists highlight:

    • Need for professional training

    • Cultural sensitivity

    • Systemic support for clients

  • Reminder: therapists play a vital role in creating change and empowering clients.

Credits

Faculty

Claudia Black, PhD's Profile

Claudia Black, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Claudia Black, Ph.D., is internationally recognized for her pioneering and cutting-edge work with family systems and addictive disorders. Her work with children impacted by drug and alcohol addiction in the late 1970s fueled the advancement of the codependency and developmental trauma fields. Dr. Black’s passion to help young adults overcome obstacles and strengthen families built the foundation of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center. Not only is Dr. Black the clinical architect of this groundbreaking treatment program, she is also actively involved with the treatment team, patients, and their families.

Claudia is the author of It Will Never Happen To Me, Changing Course, My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has A Disease, Repeat After Me, It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood, Relapse Toolkit, A Hole in the Sidewalk, Depression Strategies, Straight Talk, The Stamp Game, Family Strategies, Anger Strategies, Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies and Secrets, The Truth Begins With Youand her newest title, Intimate Treason: Healing the Trauma for Partners Confronting Sex Addiction. She has produced seven audio CDs addressing issues of addiction and recovery. They are A Time for Healing, Putting the Past Behind, Triggers, Emotional Baggage, Trauma in the Addicted Family, Imageries and Letting Go Imageries. She also has over 20 DVDs for professionals to use working with families and clients.

William Glasser, MD's Profile

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.

Salvador Minuchin, MD's Profile

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.

Ernest Rossi, PhD's Profile

Ernest Rossi, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Ernest L. Rossi, PhD, is an internationally renowned therapist, teacher and pioneer in the psychobiology of mind-body healing. The author of more than 24 professional books, Dr. Rossi worked with Milton Erickson for eight years and co-authored three classic volumes on therapeutic hypnosis with him. Rossi has also edited four volumes of Erickson's Collected Papers and four volumes of Erickson's Seminars, Workshops and Lectures. He has been conducting research in the psychosocial genomics of ultradian rhythms and their relation to mind-body healing and psychotherapy for over three decades.

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