Contextual Family Therapy: Meet Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Creator of Contextual Therapy Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, renowned psychiatrist and family therapist, is most well-known for being the creator of Contextual Therapy [...]
Psychotherapy Models
Feminist Family Therapy (Part 4): The Invisible Web
Alright, this is my final post in this four part series. I hope you have enjoyed it or at least learned something new. Make sure to read my first, second, and third posts [...]
Feminist Family Therapy (Part 3): Names You Should Know
Building on my previous post, lets dig a bit deeper into psychotherapy and specifically contributors in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy. I hope you are still with me [...]
Feminist Family Therapy (Part 2): Core Assumptions
Now, continuing from my previous post, lets look at the core assumptions of Feminist Theory and see how they might relate to Marriage and Family Therapy. If you would like [...]
Gregory Bateson: Pioneer of Family Systems Theory
If you love theory, worldviews, or philosophy, this post is for you. Minuchin (1998) wrote that the field of marriage and family therapy was born from Bateson’s systems [...]
Feminist Family Therapy (Part 1): Do You Really Have to Hate Men?
When people (and this used to be me) hear the word feminism, many just cringe inside. We associate it with angry man hating terminally single ladies who live alone with a [...]
Solution Focused Brief Therapy Basics: Meet Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer
Perhaps the most famous professional therapist couple in the field of marriage and family therapy is Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer (Berg & Dolan, 2001; Berg & [...]
My Trip of a Lifetime: Visiting The Mental Research Institute
I recently completed a training in San Francisco, and I had some time to explore the city during the evenings. When you think of sites to visit in the city, you would [...]