Thursday, April 14, 2011

Voice, Mind and Body

Sometimes family members speak on behalf of other family members in a family therapy session.  Here is Minuchin's intervention to a family with an 11 year old daughter who is asthmatic:
Minuchin: ...Okay, I am talking about Pauline having a voice and a mind and then having a body. If Pauline has a voice and a mind, then she will control her body."

From Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H.C. (1981). Family Therapy Techniques. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA.
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