Case Discussion 02 Panel – James F. Masterson, M.D. Salvador Minuchin, M.D. Zerka Moreno Paul Watzlawick, Ph.D.

James F. Masterson MD Similar seminars and products 50

James F. Masterson (1951, Jefferson Medical School) He was the Director of the Masterson Group (P.C.), which specializes on the treatment of adult and adolescent personality disorders. He was also the Director of The Masterson Institute (formerly Character Disorder Foundation); an attending psychiatrist at New York Hospital and Payne Whitney Clinic; as well as Adjunct Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College. Masterson is the author of seven books and two volumes on psychoanalytic approaches for adolescents and character disorder. Masterson’s seminal work about the borderline personality made him one the most respected and well-studied practitioners of modern psychoanalytic techniques.

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Salvador Minuchin, MD Similar seminars and products 50

Salvador Minuchin, MDStructural Family Therapy was developed by. This therapy addresses family problems by charting the relationships among family members or subsets. He was the Director of Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. He was the first to staff the Clinic, which was only a small facility at the time. However, the Clinic has grown to be one the most respected and modelled child guidance facilities in the country.  Minuchin founded his own family therapy centre in New York in 1981. The Minuchin Center was established after Minuchin’s retirement in 1996. Dr. Minuchin is the author many notable books, many of which are classics. Mastering Family Therapy: Journeys of Growth, Transformation is his latest book. According to a 2007 survey, Minuchin was named one of the ten most influential practitioners of the past quarter by 2,600 practitioners.-century.

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Zerka Moreno Similar seminars and products 25

Zerka Moreno, TEP, Along with her husband J.L. MorenoPsychodrama was developed by, Zerka He has been teaching psychodrama all over the globe for more than 30 year since J.L. Moreno's death and is recognized as a leader in further realizing his vision. Zerka T. Moreno Honorary president of American Society of Psychodrama, Group Psychotherapy; president of The Moreno Workshops and Honorary member of Board of Directors of International Association of Group Psychotherapy.

Zerka Is the coauthor-Editor of numerous articles and books in the field group psychotherapy. Internationally known as a teacher and therapist.

• The Zerka T. Moreno Foundation

Paul Watzlawick, PhD Similar seminars and products 35

Paul Watzlawick, He received his Ph.D. in 1949 from the University of Venice. He has an Analyst's Diploma from the C.G. Jung Institute for Analytic Psychology, Zurich. Watzlawick has been practicing psychotherapy for over 30 years. He was the principal investigator and research associate for the Mental Research Institute. He was Clinical Professor at Stanford University Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Watzlawick is a noted family therapist; he is recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Family Therapy Association. He is also an author and coauthor.-Author or editor of eight books about interactional psychotherapy, human communications and constructivist philosophy.

He created five Axioms. They are:

1. It is impossible not to communicate. Each behavior is an example of nonverbal communication.-verbal communication.
2. Every communication has content. In addition, there is 'metainformation', which says how the communicator wants to be understood.
3. Every partner involved in a communication procedure interprets their behaviour during communication.
4. Communication between humans can be verbal or nonverbal.-verbal communication. Nonverbal communication is available in addition to spoken words.-The spoken part (gestures or behavior, intonation..) is part of the communication.
5. Communication between people can be either symmetrical or complementary. This is determined by whether the communication is based in differences or parity.

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