Jay Haley
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Jay Haley, who died February 13, 2007 at age 83 [1], was a family therapy clinician, and proponent of brief therapy.
Prior to his death, he was based in San Diego, California where he was Scholar In Residence at California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. Jay Haley, 83, died peacefully in his sleep on February 13, 2007.[2]
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[edit] Life and works
Haley worked with Gregory Bateson on the "Double Bind" theory of schizophrenia,[3] and documented the methods of Milton Erickson.
His method of therapy-–he claims not to have a theory of therapy—-emphasizes creative and provocative instructions for the clients to react to.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] by Haley
- Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.
- The Art of Strategic Therapy
- The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ and Other Essays
- Strategies of Psychotherapy
- Problem-Solving Therapy
- Ordeal Therapy: Unusual Ways to Change Behavior (Jossey-Bass 1984)
- Learning and Teaching Therapy (Guilford Press 1996)
[edit] other authors
- Changing Directives: The Strategic Therapy of Jay Haley by Jeffrey K. Zeig and Jay Haley (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ Jay Haley, pioneer in family therapy, Boston Globe March 3, 2007
- ^ This is according to Alliant International University Provost Rodney Lowman.
- ^ Bateson, G., Jackson, D. D., Haley, J. & Weakland, J., 1956, Toward a theory of schizophrenia. (in: 'Behavioral Science', vol.1, 251-264).
