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Ackerman, Nathan

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A pioneer in family psychotherapy

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Adler, Alfred

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Developed the theory of comparative individual psychology

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Anderson, Daniel

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He and Nelson Bradley created the Minnesota model for substance abuse treatment

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Allport

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Need-Drive Vocational Theory

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Axelrod, Ginzberg, Herma

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General Vocational Theory

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Bandura

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Behavioral Therapy

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Bateson, Gregory

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General Systems Theory

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Beck, Aaron

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“Father” of cognitive psychotherapy

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Bell, John

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“Father” of marriage and family therapy

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Berne, Eric

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The “father” of Transactional Analysis

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Binet, Alfred

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A French psychologist who created the first intelligence test

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Bini, Lucio

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He and Ugo Cerletti introduced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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Boscolo, Luige

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Brief Family Therapy

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Bowen, Murray

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The pioneering family psychotherapist known for the concepts of triangulation, differentiation of self, and multi-generational perspective

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Bradley, Nelson

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He and Daniel J. Anderson created the Minnesota model of substance abuse therapy

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Branden, Nathaniel

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Associated with self-esteem psychology

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Breuer, Joseph

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He and Freud worked to apply hypnotism to the treatment of hysteria

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Brill

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Psychoanalytic Vocational Theory

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Briquet, Paul

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Wrote about working with “hysterical” patients in the 1800’s

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Cecchia, Gianfranco

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Brief Family Therapy

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Cerletti, Ugo

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He and Lucio Bini were the first to use ECT

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Crites, John

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Comprehensive model of career counseling (Career Maturity Inventory)

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Dawis and Lofquist

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Minnesota Theory of Work

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Dinkmeyer, Don

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Adlerian Therapy

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Dreikurs, Rudolf
He popularized Alfred Adler's ideas in the United States
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Ellis, Albert
American psychologist who developed RET (Rational Emotive Therapy), now known as REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy)
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Erickson, Milton
A unique psychiatrist whose ideas about hypnotism and therapy influenced American psychotherapy
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Erikson, Erik
Known for his theories regarding the stages of life development
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Eysenck, Hans
Developed a model of personality based on biological factors and theorized that each aspect of one's personality (extraversion/introversion, neuroticism/stability, and psychoticism/normality) had its roots in biology
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Framo, James
Intergenerational - couples, groups and families of origin
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Frankl, Viktor
Creator of Logotherapy
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Freud, Anna
Founder of child psychoanalysis
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Freud, Sigmund
Austrian neurologist who created psychoanalysis
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Fromm, Erich
Emphasized the importance of social and economic factors in psychology
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Gelatte, HB
Decision Making Model of Vocational Theory
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Gerson, Randy
Family systems psychologist who produced computer software to create genograms and facilitate family systems assessment
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Gorski, Terence
Associated with therapy to prevent addiction relapse
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Gottfredson, Linda
Circumscription and compromise - Developmental Vocational Theory
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Guerin, Philip
Developed the multi-generational family systems theories originated by Murray Bowen
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Haley, Jay
Created Strategic Family Therapy and Use of paradox, ambiguous directives, relabeling and prescribing symptoms
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Hershenson, David
Behavioral Relevance to Individuals with Disabilities Vocational Theory
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Holland, John
Theory of Personality and Environmental Vocational Theory
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Hoppock
Composite Vocational View
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Hoppock, Robert
Needs Approach of Vocational Theory
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Horney, Karen
Psychoanalyst who emphasized environmental and cultural influences
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Jackson, Don
Coined the term Conjoint Family Therapy
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James, William
Father of American psychology
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Janov, Arthur
Creator of primal therapy
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Jellinck, Edward
Created alpha through gamma categories of alcoholism
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Jung, Carl
Originally influenced by Freud, he created his own branch of psychoanalysis
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Klein, Melanie
Developed new theories of psychoanalysis, including work with children
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Kohut, Heinz
Developed Self Psychology
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Laing, R.D.
Scottish psychiatrist whose theories departed from traditional psychiatry
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Lazarus
Behavioral Therapy
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Levinson, Daniel
Identified major transitions in adult life
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Lorenz, Konrad
Attachment working with imprinting
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Maslow
Need-Drive Vocational Theory
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Maslow, Abraham
Theorized a hierarchy of human needs capped by self-actualization
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May, Rollo
Developed Existentialist Psychotherapy
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Mesmer, Franz
Developed mesmerism (hypnotism)
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Meyer, Adolf
Developed the field of psychobiology
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Minuchin, Salvador
Developed Structural Family Therapy
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Morita, Shoma
Developed a Zen Buddhist-influenced psychotherapy that emphasizes acceptance
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O'Hare
Occupational Decision-Making Vocational Theory
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Papp, Peggy
Family therapist known for family sculpting
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Parsons
Trait Factory Vocational Theory
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Pavlov, Ivan
Father of classical behavioral conditioning
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Perls, "Fritz"
Co-founder of Gestalt therapy
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Piaget, Jean
Swiss child development specialist
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Poddar, Prosenjit and Tarasoff, Tatiana
Poddar murdered Tarasoff after telling his plans to a University of California psychologist. It is now a generally accepted principle that therapists have a duty to warn known intended victims.
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Reich, Wilhelm
Austrian psychoanalyst who believed that neurosis is caused by inadequate orgasm
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Roe, Anne
Theory of Early Parent-Child Relationships
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Rogers, Carl
Creator of client-centered and person-centered psychotherapy
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Satir, Virginia
Experiential Family Therapy
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Schwartz, Richard
Creator of internal family systems psychotherapy
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Shapiro, Francine
Created EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
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Skinner, B.F.
Theorized operant conditioning of behavior
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Smith, "Dr. Bob"
Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Sullivan, Harry Stack
Leader in the dynamic-cultural school of psychotherapy
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Super
Self-Concept Vocational Theory and Career Patterns - Developmental
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Tiedeman
Occupational Decision-Making Vocational Theory
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Weyer, Johann
One of the first to propose that the behavior of witches was caused by mental illness rather than evil.
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White, Michael
Co-founder of Narrative Therapy
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Whittaker, Carl
Experiential Family Therapy
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Williamson
Trait Factory Vocational Theory
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Wilson, "Bill"
Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Wolpe
Behavioral Therapy
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Wolpe, Joseph
Developed systematic desensitization
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Wynee, Lyman
Personality as a subsystem of the larger family system
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Yalom, Irvin
American psychiatrist known for developing group psychotherapy
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Zuk, Gerald
Triadic-based approached to family therapy

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