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A Ritualized Prescription in Family Therapy: Odd Days and Even Days
Author(s) -
Palazzoli Mara Selvini,
Boscolo Luigi,
Cecchin Gianfranco,
Prata Giuliana
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00520.x
Subject(s) - medical prescription , family therapy , psychotherapist , psychology , relation (database) , medicine , social psychology , developmental psychology , nursing , computer science , data mining
This article presents a therapeutic tactic called ritualized prescription which is specifically aimed at breaking up those behaviors through which each parent disqualifies and sabotages the initiatives and directions of the other parent in his relation with the children. On the fundamental principle of the conceptual systemic model it is evidenced how this prescription, even in cases when it is not followed, inevitably supplies the therapists with relevant information for the understanding of the family's functioning. With families following the prescription, fast and satisfying changes are observed .