Description:
Educational Objectives:
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Outline:
Supervision Panel Introduction & Case Presentation
Moderator: Hal Arkowitz outlines panel purpose (brief therapy supervision/reactions).
Case: 16-year-old girl, history of stealing, lives with mother, two brothers, divorced father.
Arkowitz requests concise presentation; invites panelists' responses.
Mary Goulding's Response
Suggests family therapy due to client's age/resistance.
Recommends a behavioral contract (no stealing or no therapy).
Warns against enabling or being a "patsy."
Ronald Laing's Response
Supports family therapy; emphasizes mother's involvement.
Advises including brothers and father in therapy.
Highlights importance of family dynamics/father's absence.
Virginia Satir's Response
Suggests therapy involving mother and brothers.
Proposes addressing family messages about gender roles.
Notes therapist's attractiveness may affect dynamics.
Joseph Wolpe's Response
Cautions about insufficient case details.
Shares example: treated kleptomania via anxiety desensitization.
Emphasizes individualized approach.
Dean Berson's Follow-Up
Notes mother can't get brothers involved.
Client uses drugs; therapist tried connecting by expressing admiration.
Mary Goulding disapproves, emphasizing harm of drugs.
Michelle Whitehead's Case
Mother of 17-year-old child molester sabotages therapy.
Wolpe declines comment; limited experience.
Satir advises addressing mother's protective behaviors.
Laing suggests therapist alliance with son, patience until 18.
Linda Manico Chay's Case
Client unable to reveal secret involving herself/friend.
Satir: explore dynamics among involved women, client's defensiveness.
Wolpe: questions relevance of secret; advises focusing on temper issues.
Dave de Jolie's Case
30-year-old woman, severe depression post-divorce trauma.
Satir: suggests exploring internal disorganization and physical health.
Goulding: proposes redecision therapy, encourages active behaviors despite depression.
Jim Moore's Case
Vietnam veteran, obsessive combat-related thoughts.
Laing: recommends peer support exploration.
Satir: stresses addressing profound emotional wounds.
Milagros Woodbury's Case
40-year-old woman, depression when alone, involved with two men.
Wolpe: recommends desensitization for fear of being alone.
Goulding: advises therapist to avoid responsibility for client's actions, focus on client's motivation to change.
Final Case
42-year-old psychotic woman, abusive marriage, repeated separations.
Satir: suggests focusing on client's desires, not therapist control.
Laing and Goulding decline comment due to limited details.
Conclusion
Arkowitz thanks participants and panelists.
Emphasizes importance of knowing one's limitations.
Session concludes with appreciation for contributions.
Mary Goulding, MSW, is one of the leading exponents of Transactional Analysis. Along with her husband Robert Goulding, she developed an approach called Redecision therapy which synthesizes Transactional Analysis and Gestalt. Together they founded the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy in Watsonville, California, and co-authored two professional books about their approach. There is also an edited volume about the Redecision model. Mary has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Transactional Analysis Association and is a Teaching Member of that organization. Her M.S.W. was granted in 1960 from the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.
Ronald David Laing, usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. R.D. received his M.D. from Glasgow University. Laing's name comes to mind when one thinks of practitioners who have been most effective at challenging prevailing medical thinking on schizophrenia. He has practices psychotherapy for more than 35 years and has authored 11 volumes.
Laing teaches and practices in London. Formerly he served as Chairman of The Philadelphia Association; was associated with the Tavistock Clinic; and was a Fellow of The Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry.
For almost forty years, Virginia Satir has practiced and taught psychotherapy. One of the founders of family therapy, she has co-authored four books and authored five. Additionally, there are a number of books about her approach. She was recipient of the Distinguished Family Therapy Award from the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Satir wass the co-founder of the Mental Research Institute. She wass past president of the Association of Humanistic Psychology and has a number of honorary doctorates. Her master's degree was granted in 1948 from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Joseph Wolpe, MD, was a South African psychiatrist, one of the most influential figures in Behavior Therapy. Wolpe grew up in South Africa, attending Parktown Boys' High School. Joseph received his M.D. in 1948 from the University of Whitatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was Emeritus Professor fo Psychiatry and Former Director of Behavior Therapy Unity at Temple University Medical School. He was Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. One of the leading practitioners of behavior therapy, he has authored three books and co-edited two, and has more than 200 professional publications. He cofounded the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. He is receipient of the Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association.