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Alice Garcia-Irvine, Kathy Findley & Laura Rocha
Alice Garcia-Irvine, Kathy Findley & Laura Rocha
Emerged
The
Emphasis
on freedom
Emotional experiences
Here-and-now
Honest emotion
Individual before the family
Humanistic
- freedom of choice
Carl
Whitaker (1912-1995)
Anti-theoretical
Be yourself
Intuition
Virginia Satir (1916-1988)
Communication
Individual self-expression
Experiential
popularity
Then resurgence of trends of therapy
Key figures
Leslie Greenberg and Susan
Johnson
Richard Schwartz
Greenberg
Internal
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Satirs observations
Emotional deadness
Cold affect
Dont enjoy the family
Lack of warmth
Avoidance by work/school
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Blaming
Placating
Being irrelevant
Being super reasonable.
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Spontaneous
Did not allow complaining
Used positive connotation
Taught affection
Loving, yet forceful
Use of touch as communication
Was present and supportive
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Innate
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Suppression of feelings
Denial of impulses
Lack of warmth
Avoidance
Security rather than satisfaction
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Increase affect
Dont diagnose
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Personal integrity
Expand experience
Liberate affect and impulses
Little focus on presenting problem
Promote communication
Promote interaction
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Family Sculpting
Family Puppet Interviews
Family Art Therapy
Conjoint Family Drawings
Animal Attribution
Play Therapy Techniques
Role-Playing
Gestalt Therapy
Psychotherapy of the Absurd (Whitaker)
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Gus Napier
Carl Whitaker (3 generation rule)
Two therapists
Personal encounter
Joined family
Confrontational
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