Propagations

Thirty Years of Influence From the Mental Research Institute

Terry S Trepper

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317763932
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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 present day leaders of family and brief therapy. Chapters range from the theoretical to the case study, tied together by the theme of how this amazing institute has widely impacted therapeutic thought. The book clarifies the depth and power of the MRI influence, which extends to theory, all aspects of psychotherapy practice, other professions, and other lands. Propagations offers outstanding conceptualizations, teaching, writing, and clinical and non-clinical therapy ideas that are immediately useful to clinicians, academic researchers, students, and other individuals interested in how people change.The book's introduction provides background information on MRI and includes a condensed transcript of a "trialog" which took place between Jules Riskin, Paul Watzlawick, and John Weakland conveying MRI's origins, traditions, and ethos. Propagations then breaks into four sections. Influencing Fields of Interest and Viewpoints examines MRI influence beyond the specific field of psychotherapy. Influences on Clinical Work looks at MRI's influence on professional groups and contains clinicians'reflections on how contact with MRI theory and practice has influenced their work. Changes in Venue shows utilization of MRI approaches across cultural and professional borders, while The Outer Reaches looks beyond the specifics of psychotherapy. This inviting book reflects a wide variety of approaches, styles, and subjects, and ranges from preliminary musings to formal reports. This diversity offers a useful example of how new ideas and related practices develop and diversify from a broad common core. Readers can discover how interactional principles are being implemented in different nations, practice settings, and theoretical applications. Family and brief therapists, counselors and counselor educators, and professionals in related fields will find Propagations a source of useful information, thoughtful recollection, and stimulation for future activities.

Index

Abuse, strategic rapid intervention 148

Ackerman Nathan 6

Adelson D., 258

Administration

culture of organization, 109-110

power structure, 108-109

social structure, 109

Agencies

culture, 109-110

power structure, 108-109

social structure, 109

ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lou Gehrig Disease) 151-152

Altruism in families, 246

Ambiguity in quantum psychology, 258,261-262

Principle of operational ambiguity, 271

American Psychiatric Association, Chicago 1956 meeting, 5

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig Disease), 151-152

Analogic encodings, 29,33

Animal studies, 2-3

Anna C. (case study), 85-89

Anorexia nervosa

family therapy, 22-23

psychoanalytic treatment, 19-20

Anxiogenous tasks, 103-105

Appasamy, Prabha, 157

Argentina

cardiology patients, 176-180

culture, 190

drug addiction, 180-181

government, 191,193-194

Argentina

grave mental illness, 181-187

parallel therapy, 175-176

psychoanalysis, 189-192

systems theory, 192-195

Arguing, 235-236

Arieti S. 256,257

Asgby, R. 31

Assessment in interactional therapy 39-40,41

Back pain, 202

Bateson Gregory, 249

Communication studies, 2-3 76

double-bind theory, 253,254,256,269-270

larger systems vs. family systems, 24

Mental Research Institute, 6-15

metacommunication, 28,32

schizophrenics, 3-6

Steps to an Ecology of Mind, 7,23

Battering, strategic rapid intervention, 148

Bavelas, Janet Beavin, 27

Beavin, Janet, 13,28,29

communication, 230

Pragmatics of Human Communication, 17,22,137

relationship types, 76

Behavioral Science, 5-6

Behavor...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Senior Editor's Comments
• Preface
• Introduction: MRI—A Little Background Music
• I Influencing Fields of Interest and Viewpoints
• II Influences on Clinical Work
• III Changes in Venue
• IV The Outer Reaches
• Bibliography
• Index