Table of Contents
About The Milton H. Erickson Foundation iii
Acknowledgments viii
The History of the 1990 Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference Linda Carr McThrall ix
Introduction: The Evolution, of Psychotherapy Revisited Jeffrey K. Zeig xi
Convocation Jeffrey K. Zeig xvii
Section I Family Therapists
The Restoried History of Family Therapy Salvador Minuchin 3
Discussion Mara Selvini Palazzoli 10
Question and Answer 12
Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy: Model and Methodology Carl A. Whitaker 13
Discussion Paul Watzlawick 20
Questions and Answers 21
Zen and the Art of Therapy Jay Haley 24
Discussion William Glassek 33
Questions and Answers 36
Stories of Psychotherapy Cloé Madanes 39
Discussion Mary McClure Goulding 50
Questions and Answers 51
The Construction of Clinical "Realities" Paul Watzlawick. 55
Discussion Cloé Madanes 62
Questions and Answers 63
Identifying the Various Recurring Processes in the Family that Lead to Schizophrenia in an Offspring Mara Selvini Palazzoli. 66
Discussion Donald Meichenbaum 73
Questions and Answers 74
Section II Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches
The Revised ABCs of Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) Albert Ellis. 79
Discussion Salvador Minuchin. 92
Questions and Answers 95
Clinical/Therapeutic Effectiveness: Banning Ike Procrustean Bed and Challenging 10 Prevalent Myths Arnold A. Lazarus. 100
Discussion Jay Haley, M.A 110
Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Origins, Tenets, and Clinical Examples Donald Meichenbaum. 114
Discussion Albert Ellis 122
Toward Better Results in the Treatment of Depression: The Analysis of Individual Dynamics Joseph Wolpe. 129
Discussion Thomas Szasz 137
Questions and Answers 139
Section III Humanistic Approaches
The Self in Action: A Gestalt Outlook Erving Polster. 143
Discussion Ernest L. Rossi 152
Questions and Answers 153
James F. T. Bugental.-The Betrayal of the Human: Psychotherapy's Mission to Reclaim Our Lost Identity 155
Discussion Erving Polster 164
Questions and Answers 165
Section IV Psychoanalytic Therapies
The Vital Therapeutic Alliance with Borderline and Narcissistic Patients: A Developmental, Self and Object-Relations Approach James F. Masterson. 171
Discussion Helen Singer Kaplan. 183
Questions and Answers 184
The Essence of Dynamic Psychotherapy Judd Marmor.. 189
Discussion Arnold A. Lazarus 197
Questions and Answers 198
Section V Mind-Body Approaches
Bioenergetic Analysis: A Mind-Body Therapy Alexander Lowen. 203
Discussion Miriam Polster 212
Questions and Answers 213
The Wave Nature of Consciousness: A New Direction for the Evolution of Psychotherapy Ernest L. Rossi. 216
Discussion Carl Whitaker 231
Questions and Answers 231
Section VI Contemporary Approaches
Short-Term Redecision Therapy in the Treatment of Clients Who Suffered Childhood Abuse Mary McClure Goulding, M.S.W. 239
Discussion Judd Marmor. 246
Questions and Answers 248
The Virtues of Our Faults: A Key Concept of Ericksonian Therapy Jeffrey K. Zeig. 252
Discussion-James F. Masterson 267
Reality Therapy William Glasser. 270
Discussion Jeffrey K. Zeig 278
Section VII Social Issues
Eve's Daughters: The Forbidden Heroism of Women Miriam Polster. 287
Discussion James F. T. Bugental 297
Questions and Answers 298
The United States v. Drugs Thomas Szasz. 300
Discussion Rollo May 307
Questions and Answers 307
One Hundred Years of Solitude, or Can the Soul Ever Get Out of Analysis? James Hillman. 313
Discussion Alexander Lowen 321
Questions and Answers 324
Section VIII Benediction
In the Days of the Giants-The Steps in Therapy to the Present Day Rollo May. 329
Discussion James Hillman 333
Questions and Answers 334
