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Salvador Minuchin

11/6/2017

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Salvador Minuchin
For those of you not aware, family therapy (systems therapy) is an approach to counseling that has really taken off since the 20th century. Most of the theorists around this approach to therapy were around during the 1950's to present. In 2017 we lost one of the original members of this approach to family therapy. Salvador Minuchin. He is considered the father of Structural Family Therapy and he was 96 years old.
i had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Dr. Minuchin over the past several years. What originally started as a secretarial relationship 8 years ago evolved into something so much more and for that I will always be grateful.



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Are You Ready?

7/3/2017

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I read a great quote today.... What comes easy won't always last.  And what will last won't always come easy.  Can't the same be said for therapy? 

I hate to be the one to tell you this but therapy is HARD!  It takes hard work and it takes commitment!  It takes a willingness to change how you see things and who you may believe you are.  Now, I am not saying that its painful but you have to come in to therapy knowing that just like anything else worth having, it's going to take work.

All too often clients will come in and we get through the first 1 or 2 sessions and it's somewhat easy because we are getting to know each other.  But once a challenge arrives or a homework assignment that takes the family out of their comfort zone, some start to believe that therapy may not be for them.  If you come to therapy with one finger on the eject button be ready to get frustrated and be ready to feel like therapy just doesn't work.

I will be the first to say... being open to hearing critiques or commentary on how you have lived life can be a tough pill to swallow.  But I always encourage my clients to remember that something dramatic has brought them to therapy and if that dramatic event is something you truly want to address, give your therapist a chance!  Just like if your doctor told you you need to cut out red meat to lower your cholesterol don't you think taking the observations of your therapist to heart could be good for you in the long run?

No one can ever tell you what to do but if you are looking for true change, what can it hurt to approach therapy with an open mind?
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