| Jay Haley is widely acclaimed as a major teacher of
therapy. He is one of the founders of family therapy, and his writing has influenced
generations of therapists. The co-founder of the Family Therapy Institute of Washington,
DC, he pioneered the development of strategic, humanistic approaches to therapy and was
the founding editor of Family Process. He was also Research Associate at Stanford
University and the Mental Research Institute. He was Director of Family Therapy Research
at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic as well as Adjunct Professor at the University
of Maryland, Howard University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was
also the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Milton H. Erickson
Foundation. He is the chief architect of the strategic approach to therapy. His prolific
publications are written in a clear and concise style with many examples illustrating the
major ideas about the field of therapy. Now for the first time his ideas are available on
a videotaped series. |