Outline
MRI Systemic Therapy
I. Mental Research Institute (also known as the Palo Alto Group) Systemic Therapy
A. Richard Fisch and Don Jackson along with others working together founded the MRI.
B. MRI Systemic therapy view family as a system
1. An entity in itself
2. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
C. MRI Systemic Therapy was designed with the intent of being a brief therapy
1. To find the fastest resolution to client complaint, relying on action-based interventions
2. Conceptualizing the symptoms of clients of individuals within the large network of social and family systems.
3. Having a nonblaming, nonpathologizing stance toward all members in the family.
II. The Therapeutic Relationship
A. Respecting