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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD | Zerka Moreno
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 26 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 29, 2000
- Short Description:
- Watzlawick explores the “therapy of as if,” showing how behaving as if change is possible can shift a client’s reality. Drawing from philosophy, hypnotherapy, and paradox, he illustrates how small interventions—like self-fulfilling prophecies or shared metaphors—can break unhelpful cycles. Zerka Moreno adds insights from action-based methods, including role reversal and sociodrama, to deepen perspective and foster movement.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Point/Counterpoint Sessions | Psychotherapy | History of Psychotherapy | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD | John Gottman, PhD | Julie Gottman, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 19 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2005
- Short Description:
- This session traces the arc of family therapy from its early directive roots to more collaborative, systemic practices. Minuchin reflects on his shift in stance and introduces a four-step assessment model. The Gottmans contribute research-based insights on friendship, conflict, and emotional intelligence in couples, emphasizing tailored approaches and the enduring nature of many relationship challenges.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 1 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2005
- Short Description:
- Minuchin illustrates a model for family therapy that centers on system dynamics, emotional engagement, and therapist restraint. Using a case of suicidality in a blended family, he explores the use of posture, emotion, and narrative to access meaning and shift dynamics. The workshop highlights how therapists can remain engaged without losing clarity, and how emotional intensity can foster growth in struggling families.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Psychotherapy | Family Therapy | Supervision | Systems Theory | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 6 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2009
- Short Description:
- Minuchin outlines a culturally attuned assessment model that reframes pathology and engages family members as agents of change. He stresses the need to adapt language and technique across diverse systems, especially in cases involving single parents or suicidality. The talk critiques individual therapy’s limits and calls for a more systemic, inclusive approach to healing.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Family Therapy | Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory | History of Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD | Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 55:34
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2013
- Short Description:
- In conversation with Jeffrey Zeig, Minuchin reflects on his life’s work and the evolution of family therapy. He shares how his early experiences shaped his belief in disrupting certainty and making families central to the healing process. The dialogue explores core principles of systemic therapy, the therapist’s role in shaping change, and the ongoing relevance of context and connection in clinical work.
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Presentations | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Salvador Minuchin, MD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 54:55
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 1985
- Short Description:
- This session examines a family's long-term struggle with codependency and the emotional toll it takes on adult children. When one daughter attempts suicide and another feels trapped in a caregiving role, the therapist helps shift entrenched patterns. Through strategic disengagement, the family begins to reorganize, fostering greater independence and emotional well-being for all involved.
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Brief Therapy | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Mary Goulding, MSW | Judd Marmor | James F. Masterson, MD | Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:00:17
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 1985
- Short Description:
- This panel explores how therapy length intersects with client needs, clinical goals, and the realities of modern practice. Panelists reflect on the value of both brief, targeted work and longer-term therapy that supports deeper trust and emotional growth. The conversation touches on spontaneity, therapist flexibility, systemic constraints like insurance, and the ethics of fostering dependence versus promoting autonomy. Moderated by Aaron H Canter, PhD.
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Brief Therapy | Psychotherapy | Strategic Therapy | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:36:19
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1985
- Short Description:
- This session introduces the core principles of MRI’s brief therapy model, focusing on how small, specific behavioral interventions can disrupt entrenched patterns and promote change. Drawing on videotaped case material, the presentation explores direct prescriptions, paradoxical strategies, and positive reframing. Through clinical examples—ranging from perfectionism to family conflict—the session shows how symptoms often serve as solutions to deeper issues, and how shifting perspective can open new paths forward.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory | Ethical Practice
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Mara Selvini Palazzoli, MD | Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 59 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 1990
- Short Description:
- This discussion explores Gregory Bateson's influence on psychotherapy, focusing on systemic thinking and the ethics of therapeutic influence. Speakers reflect on his contributions—like symmetry, complementarity, and learning patterns—and how these ideas inform practices such as positive connotation and family rituals. The conversation also touches on applying Bateson’s insights to contemporary work with schizophrenia and relational dynamics. Moderated by Stephen Gilligan, PhD.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Case Discussions | Systems Theory | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Carl Whitaker, MD | Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 hour 29 minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1990
- Short Description:
- The infrastructure of the family as an organism can be altered. A symbolic experience is a difference that makes a difference. This lecture describes how to precipitate a symbolic experience. Dr. Carl Whitaker redefines family therapy with his experiential approach, emphasizing therapist authenticity, intuitive practice, and strategic vulnerability while balancing boundaries and genuine connection.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Supervision Panels | Supervision | Psychotherapy | Case Discussions | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Judd Marmor | Donald Meichenbaum, PhD | Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 55 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1990
- Short Description:
- This lively supervision panel offers contrasting clinical perspectives on real-world cases. Topics include the value of history-taking, present-focused interventions, and paradoxical techniques. Two cases—a 10-year-old girl with OCD and a 62-year-old man with anxiety—serve as springboards for a rich discussion on trauma, family systems, and the therapeutic alliance. Moderated by Bill O'Hanlon, MS
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Psychotherapy | Brief Therapy | Family Therapy | Reframing | Resistance | Strategic Therapy | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 23 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1990
- Short Description:
- Explore the therapeutic power of asking clients to act “as if” things were already different. Drawing from Hans Vaihinger’s classic The Philosophy of As If, Watzlawick demonstrates how small, paradoxical interventions can help clients shift rigid patterns and construct more adaptive realities. Through case examples—including chronic pain, phobias, and anxiety—he illustrates how subtle behavior prescriptions and indirect language can bypass resistance and spark lasting change.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Psychotherapy | Paradox | Systems Theory | Metaphors | Storytelling
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:48
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- This conversation explores the therapeutic power of stories, metaphors, and analogies to foster understanding and change. Topics include paradoxical techniques—like a therapist claiming ineffectiveness to motivate a client—and the role of nonlinear causality and circular feedback in client dynamics. The session also examines working with eating disorders, engaging client worldviews (including religious beliefs), and reframing existential fears within diverse cultural contexts.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Psychotherapy | Systems Theory | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Mary Goulding, MSW | James Hillman, PhD | James F. Masterson, MD | Salvador Minuchin, MD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:27
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 16, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel explores whether therapeutic neutrality is realistic—or even desirable. Panelists challenge the idea of neutrality, suggesting that clinical work inevitably reflects social values. They debate when transparency, advocacy, and political awareness may be appropriate, especially in family therapy and work with personality disorders, highlighting the evolving role of the therapist as both healer and engaged citizen. Moderated by Camillo Loriedo, MD.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Systems Theory | Intervention Strategies
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 36 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1995
- Short Description:
- This workshop explores how rigid, self-reinforcing behavioral patterns—“games without end”—can be disrupted through meta-level interventions. Drawing on Bateson’s systems theory and Erickson’s clinical methods, the discussion covers strategies like benevolent sabotage, paradox, and behavior prescriptions that shift entrenched dynamics. Practical examples include work with perfectionism, sexual disconnection, and resistant teens. The role of language, suggestion, and therapeutic relationship are central themes throughout.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Social Issues | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Systems Theory | Ethical Practice | Humanistic Psychology
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 53:36
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 02, 2004
- Short Description:
- This keynote traces the shift in psychotherapy from systemic approaches to the rise of managed care and psychopharmacology. It critiques profit-driven models and the overuse of medication, especially in cases involving children removed from families. Emphasizing the importance of family therapy and community involvement, it promotes ethical, value-driven practice and highlights success stories where systemic interventions led to lasting change.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Hypnotherapy | Invited Addresses | Language of Hypnosis | Brief Therapy | Communication | Constructive Narrative | Directive Therapy | Systems Theory | Therapeutic Relationship
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 1983 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Paul Watzlawick, PhD
- Duration:
- 44:12
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 03, 1983
- Short Description:
- Address at the International Congress on Ericksonian approaches to hypnosis and psychotherapy which emphasized the therapeutic potential of language structure over content. Watzlawick critiqued traditional psychotherapy's reliance on reason and linear causality, advocating for techniques like learning the patient's language, avoiding negations, and using metaphors and stories. He also highlighted the importance of non-verbal communication and the right hemisphere's role in therapy. He also discussed the paradoxical nature of reality and the therapeutic use of paradox, suggesting that our perception of reality is more a language game than an objective truth.
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- $15.00 - Base Price