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Internal Family Systems Model The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. [1][2] It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subpersonalities, each with its own unique viewpoint and qualities.
Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, [1] recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy [2] honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". [3][4] Her best known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New ...
Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
Structural family therapy. Structural family therapy (SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minuchin which addresses problems in functioning within a family. Structural family therapists strive to enter, or "join", the family system in therapy in order to understand the invisible rules which govern its functioning, map the ...
Boszormenyi-Nagy is best known for developing the Contextual approach to family therapy and individual psychotherapy.It is a comprehensive model which integrates individual psychological, interpersonal, existential, systemic, and intergenerational dimensions of individual and family life and development.
Salvador Minuchin. Salvador Minuchin (October 13, 1921 – October 30, 2017) was a family therapist born and raised in San Salvador, Entre Ríos, Argentina. He developed structural family therapy, which addresses problems within a family by charting the relationships between family members, or between subsets of family (Minuchin, 1974).
Mara Selvini Palazzoli. Mara Selvini Palazzoli (1916–1999) was an Italian psychiatrist and founder in 1971, with Gianfranco Cecchin, Luigi Boscolo and Giuliana Prata, of the systemic and constructivist approach to family therapy which became known as the Milan family systems approach and more generally, the school of systemic family therapy.
Richard C. Schwartz. Richard C. Schwartz (born 14 September 1949), [ 1 ] is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. [ 2 ][ 3 ] He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s [ 4 ] after noticing that his clients were made up of many different pieces ...