Salvador Minuchin Libri

The family can be a source of both immense happiness and deep disappointment. In his culminating work, renowned family therapist Salvador Minuchin shares how his personal experiences shaped his understanding of family dynamics. As the grandson of Russian Jewish emigrants in Argentina, Minuchin experienced a secure, close-knit family amid a society marked by anti-Semitism and dictatorship. His formative experiences—anti-Peronist activism, service in the Israeli army, and work with displaced Holocaust children and marginalized youth—were pivotal in his development as a theorist and clinician. While many see chaos, Minuchin identifies structure in family interactions, revealing how members engage in shadow dancing within invisible boundaries. Through dramatic stories of families seeking help, he uncovers the hidden rules that confine members to stifling roles. His confrontational yet compassionate therapeutic style addresses self-defeating patterns that lead to marital conflict, parenting challenges, and crises at various life stages. Each therapeutic encounter showcases a dialogue between Minuchin's insights and families grappling with pain yet resistant to change. His innovative solutions to common family issues illuminate the hidden strengths within families, offering inspiration and hope.

This book uniquely combines vivid clinical examples, detailed techniques, and insightful perspectives on both well-functioning families and those in therapy. The master clinician's views and strategies are presented clearly, allowing readers to adapt them to their own styles and situations. Six chapter-length transcripts of actual family sessions are included—two featuring ordinary families managing their challenges successfully, and four focusing on families seeking assistance. Each transcript is accompanied by the author's interpretation, emphasizing the therapist's tactics and maneuvers. These engaging sessions are analyzed theoretically, exploring why families develop issues and how to resolve them. The author constructs a model of an effectively functioning family, defining the boundaries of various subsystems, including parental, spousal, and sibling roles. He discusses how families adapt to internal and external stressors as they strive to survive and grow. Dr. Minuchin outlines methods for diagnosing or "mapping" troubled family dynamics and setting therapeutic goals. He examines different scenarios, such as extended families, families with parental children, and those undergoing transitions like death or divorce. Finally, the author delves into the dynamics of change, exploring various restructuring techniques to challenge families and alter their fundamental patterns.

Hainer Kober, geboren 1942, lebt in Soltau. Er hat u. a. Werke von Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Littell, Georges Simenon und Oliver Sacks übersetzt. 

Familie - was ist das? eine friedliche private Insel im rauhen Meer der harten gesellschaftlichen Realität oder ein schicksalhafter Zwangsverband, dem man sich nur um den Preis von Kampf und bitterer Enttäuschung entziehen kann? Kaum jemand könnte mit mehr Autorität über das Thema Familie sprechen als Salvador Minuchin, der Begründer der Familientherapie und weltweit ihr bekanntester Vertreter.

Hainer Kober, geboren 1942, lebt in Soltau. Er hat u. a. Werke von Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Littell, Georges Simenon und Oliver Sacks übersetzt. 

Jedna ze stěžejních knih zakladatele strukturální terapie, v níž jsou rozebrány základní myšlenky tohoto směru rodinné terapie. Jádro publikace tvoří šest kapitol – transkripcí s jednotlivými rodinami, na nichž jsou ukázány základní problémy včetně autorových komentářů. Salvador Minuchin je zakladatel strukturální terapie, vysokoškolský učitel na New York University Medical School s bohatou publikační činností.