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Title Propagations : thirty years of influence from the Mental Research Institute / John H. Weakland, Wendel A. Ray, editors ; contributors Prabha Appasamy [and twenty five others]
Published New York ; Oxfordshire, England : Routledge, 2013
©1995

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Description 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations
Series Haworth marriage and family therapy
Haworth marriage and family therapy.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Senior Editor's Comments; Preface; Introduction: MRI-A Little Background Music; SECTION I: INFLUENCING FIELDS OF INTEREST AND VIEWPOINTS; Chapter 1. A Research Worker Is Permanently in Debt; Chapter 2. A Note on Metacommunication; A Note on Metacommunication; Comment; Chapter 3. The Interactional Theory and Therapy of Don D. Jackson; Fundamental Premises of Interactional Theory; The Family Interview; Conclusion; SECTION II: INFLUENCES ON CLINICAL WORK
Chapter 4. Unfaithfulness in the Marital System: Paradoxical Therapy Using the Idea of RevengeA Description of Two Couples Who Underwent a Process of Change After an Event of Unfaithfulness; Chapter 5. The Case of Anna C.; The Problem; The Attempted Solutions; The Intervention; Chapter 6. Brief Strategic Therapy of Phobic Disorders: A Model of Therapy and Evaluation Research; Part I: The Research; Results; Part II: The Therapy Model; Conclusion; Chapter 7. Implementing Brief Strategic Therapy Within a Psychiatric Residential/Daytreatment Center; Organizational Structures; The Agency
Obstacles in ImplementationOvercoming Obstacles; Results; Chapter 8. Outpatient Clinic Effectiveness with the MRI Brief Therapy Model; Chapter 9. MRI Brief Therapy Training: An Introduction to Cybernetic Thinking; Effects of MRI Training on My Problem-Solving Style; Effects of MRI Training on My Personal Beliefs; Chapter 10. Strategic Intervention: Constructing the Process of Rapid Change; Foundations; Stability, Randomness, and Discontinuous Change; Practicalities; Strategic Rapid Intervention; Developmental and Incidental Changes; Generic and Specific Responses; Chaos and Change
Some ExamplesContext: The Crisis/Brief Therapy Center; SECTION III: CHANGES IN VENUE; Chapter 11. Doing Brief Therapy in India; State-of-the-Art Therapy (with Specific Reference to Madras, India); Typical Pressures Faced by the Psychotherapist; The Relevance of MRI Brief Therapy in the Indian Context; Chapter 12. How to Breed ""Hippogriffs"" That Can Handle Problems; Hippogriff I: Celia's Work-Life and Motivation; Hippogriff II: Hugo's Work-A Peculiar Psychiatry; Conclusion; Chapter 13. From the Dictatorship of Lacan to the Democracy of Short-Term Therapies; Chapter 14. A Swedish Experience
Chapter 15. Teaching Brief Therapy Techniques to Family Practice ResidentsThe Therapeutic Process; Teaching Residents Family Therapy; Conclusion; Chapter 16. A Physician's View: On One-Downsmanship and Treating the Complainant; The One-Down Position; The Problem; The Attempted Solution; Planning the Intervention; Executing the Plan; Comments; Treating the Complainant; Closing Remarks; Chapter 17. Influence of MRI Brief Therapy on Research Within Psychiatric Settings; Chapter 18. Persuasive Public Speaking: How MRI Changed the Way I Preach
Summary Here is a work of profound clinical scope from some of the foremost leaders in psychology. Propagations: Thirty Years of Influence From the Mental Research Institute, written by alumni and disciples of the Institute (MRI), is not just a compliment to the MRI influence, but also a way for readers to discover and savor the important contributions of those influenced by the MRI. The book contains the cutting edge thinking of some of the most respected clinicians from across the globe. The authors describe their application of ideas pioneered at the MRI, demonstrating its broad influence on presen
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Subject Mental Research Institute -- Influence
Mental Research Institute.
SUBJECT Mental Research Institute fast
Subject Psychotherapy.
Brief psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy, Brief
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Brief psychotherapy
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Psychotherapy
Form Electronic book
Author Weakland, John H.
Ray, Wendel A.
Prabha Appasamy.
ISBN 9781317763932
1317763939
9781315800905
131580090X