Strategic family therapy is a school of family therapy that focuses on solving problems in relationship dynamics and uses behavioral solutions to bring about change within the family. Three prominent models make up the tradition: the approach developed at the Mental Research Institute, the teachings of Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes, and the Milan systemic model developed by Mara Selvini Palazzoli, Gianfranco Cecchin, Luigi Boscolo and Giuliana Prata.
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Founded YearThree distinct lineages feed this school (the Mental Research Institute, Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes, and the Milan Systemic Model); 1976 marks only the Haley and Madanes founding of the Family Therapy Institute of Washington DC. Central QuestionHow can problem-solving in relationship dynamics and behavioral solutions be used strategically to facilitate change within a family? 1 Connections
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The source page names family rules, the core Strategic concept quoted here, as a concept that emerged from Structural Family Therapy.
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Strategic Family Therapy is a modality of family therapy that focuses on problem-solving in relationship dynamics and utilizing behavioral solutions to facilitate change in the family.
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After founding the Family Therapy Institute of Washington, DC, with second wife Cloe Madanes in 1976, Haley continued to be a central force in the evolution of Strategic Family Therapy.
Associated With: Structural Family Therapy, Wikipedia, Strategic family therapy, Theoretical Frameworks section
family rules are defined as an invisible set of functional demands that persistently organizes the interaction of the family.
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