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The Treatment of Children Through Brief Therapy of Their Parents
Author(s) -
PALAZZOLI MARA SELVINI,
BOSCOLO LUIGI,
CECCHIN GIAN FRANCO,
PRATA GIULIANA
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1974.00429.x
Subject(s) - encopresis , psychotherapist , psychological intervention , family therapy , psychology , anorexia , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , enuresis
This is a report on the successful resolution of behavior problems (encopresis and anorexia, respectively) in two small children through the brief therapy of their parents. Treatment was based on general systems theory and the cybernetic model and employed interventions designed specifically to bring about rapid change in family interaction. The course of the treatments, as well as the technical problems arising out of such rapid changes, are discussed.