Carl Whitaker (family therapist)

Carl Whitaker (family therapist)

Carl Whitaker (1912-1995) was a US psychiatrist and pioneer family therapist.

From 1946 Whitaker served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Emory University, where he focused on treating schizophrenics and their families. He became a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 until his retirement in 1982. [ [http://www.abacon.com/famtherapy/whitaker.html Therapist profile at Allyn & Bacon Family Therapy site] : Allyn and Bacon/Longman publishing; retrieved 17 Jan 2008.]

Whitaker co-developed the "symbolic-experiential" approach to therapy and the use of "co-therapists".

References

Bibliography

*Whitaker, C.A. (1975; 1999). The Symptomatic Adolescent – an AWOL Family Member, in M. Sugar (Ed.) [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765702541 "The Adolescent in Group and Family Therapy."] New York: Brunner/Mazel. (2nd Edition, New Jersey: Jason Aronson).
*Whitaker, C.A. (1976). The Technique of Family Therapy. In G.P. Sholevar (Ed.)(1977). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1849112?tab=details "Changing sexual values and the family."] Springfield, Ill: Charles Thomas.
*Napier, A.Y. & Whitaker, C.A. (1978; 1988). [http://books.google.com/books?id=F53vGwAACAAJ&dq=%22The+family+crucible%22+isbn:0060914890&lr=&as_brr=0 "The Family Crucible."] New York: Harper & Row.
*Whitaker, C.A. & Bumberry, W.A. (1988). [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BnAB1v6K9iEC&pg=PR3&dq=isbn:087630496X&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=4fqeBcR-1_x6SFlISsPxTeTtA1A#PPP1,M1 "Dancing With the Family: A Symbolic-experiential Approach."] New York: Brunner/Mazel.

ee also

*Virginia Satir

External References

* [http://www.abacon.com/famtherapy/whitaker.html Carl Whitaker bio]


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