EP95 Supervision Panel 02 - William Glasser, MD ; Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC; Irvin Yalom, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Supervision Panels | Supervision | Psychotherapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Domestic Violence | Family Systems | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- William Glasser, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Irvin Yalom, PhD
- Duration:
- 55:27
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- 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:
Introduction and Speaker Overview
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Panel features Cloe Madanes, William Glasser, and Irvin Yalom.
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Madanes is Director of the Family Therapy Institute and author of The Violence of Men.
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Glasser leads the Institute for Control Theory and Reality Therapy.
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Yalom is a Stanford-based therapist specializing in group and existential therapy.
Case: Jealousy and Domestic Violence
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Woman in a volatile marriage faces verbal abuse and jealousy from her husband.
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Despite threats with a gun, she returns for help.
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Glasser suggests focusing on positives in the marriage to assess commitment.
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Madanes prioritizes addressing violence, involving extended family support.
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Yalom recommends group therapy to examine the woman’s role in conflict and deepen understanding of the relationship.
Case: Suicidal Father
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Unemployed father threatens suicide if he doesn't find work by June.
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Madanes recommends job-seeking plus resilience training via rejection practice.
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Emphasizes involving extended family for emotional support.
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Glasser focuses on exploring long-term meaning and solutions for the next six months.
Case: Sexual Abuse and Family Reconnection
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Teenage boy adjudicated for sexual conduct with a cousin.
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Father re-engages in family therapy; mother remains angry and disengaged.
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Madanes urges involvement of the entire extended family, including victim's relatives.
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Suggests parents acknowledge their part and write letters of apology.
Case: Intrusive Father and Psychotic Son
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Eccentric elderly father exhibits inappropriate behavior with teenage son.
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Son suffers psychotic break, now in therapeutic foster care.
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Madanes advises bringing in the mother and extended family to manage and contain the father's behavior.
Case: Elderly Woman and Suicidal Thoughts
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Elderly woman considers suicide due to difficulty with public transportation.
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Madanes stresses the emotional impact of suicide on the family.
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Glasser uses a “second chance” framework to reframe suicidal thoughts.
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Yalom shares research on survivors of suicide attempts to inspire hope.
Case: Pregnant Teen with Severe Mental Health Issues
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19-year-old Latina with abuse history, lice, disordered eating, and possible schizotypal traits.
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Lives with an abusive boyfriend and shuts down under stress.
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Glasser recommends finding a companion to ease loneliness.
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Madanes suggests activating extended family support to stabilize her situation.
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.
Irvin Yalom, PhD Related Seminars and Products
Dr. Yalom is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His major areas of interest are Group Psychotherapy and an existentially - inter-personally based individual therapy. In recent years, he has taught via narrative using short stories and novels to teach the art of psychotherapy.
Dr. Yalom was the recipient of the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award presented by The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) at the 75th meeting on March 6, 2017 in New York City.