2. Strategic Family Therapy
Haley called the therapy ‘Strategic’ because:
"it is a therapy where the therapist
initiates what happens during
therapy, designs a specific approach for
each person's presenting problem, and
where the therapist takes responsibility
for directly influencing people."
http://www.mri.org/strategic_family_therapy.html
Roots in structural family therapy
Building on concepts from communication theory
4. How VERBAL and NONVERBAL messages are exchanged
WHAT rather than WHY
PROCESS between people in a SYSTEM vs. inner conflicts
Communication PATTERNS vs. content
Faulty communication patterns = family DYSFUNCTION
CYBERNETICS
recursive feedback loops + circular causality metaphors
=
problem formation and problem resolution
5. LEADING FIGURES
Palo Alto Group 1960-70’s &
Brief Family Therapy /Mental Research Institute (MRI)
Don Jackson, Gregory Bateson, John Weakland, Paul Watzlawick
Strategic Family Therapy Institute 1980’s
Jay Haley & Cloe Madanes
Milan Systemic Model
Mara Selvini-Palazzoli
