Salvador Minuchin

Salvador Minuchin
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Residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Known for	Structural Family Therapy

Salvador Minuchin is 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. These charts represent power dynamics as well as the boundaries between different subsystems. The therapist tries to disrupt dysfunctional relationships within the family, and cause them to settle back into a healthier pattern. In 2007, a survey of 2,600 psychology practitioners named Minuchin as one of the ten most influential therapists of all time.

See also

• Family therapy
• Structural Family Therapy

References

• Coyne, J.C. & Anderson, B.A.: “The ‘psychosomatic family’ reconsidered: Diabetes in context.” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 14: 113-124, 1988.
• Coyne, J.C. & Anderson, B.A.: “The ‘psychosomatic family’ II: Recalling a defective model and looking ahead.” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 15: 139-148, 1989.
• Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H. C. (2004). Family Therapy Techniques. Harvard University Press.
• Piercy, Fred (1986). Family Therapy Sourcebook. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 0898629136. 
• Seligman, Linda (2004). Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling. New York: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 0306485141. 
• Will, David (1985). Integrated Family Therapy. London: Tavistock. ISBN 042279760X. 

External links

• The Minuchin Center
• The Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, Inc.- created as an outgrowth of the Family Therapy Training Center founded by Salvador Minuchin, M.D. in 1975.de:Salvador Minuchin

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