Core Biographical Snapshot The Birth of Structural Family Therapy: Salvador Minuchin’s Defining Sub-Discipline Salvador Minuchin didn’t just contribute to family therapy; he gave it a totally practical, highly structured map. He founded Structural Family Therapy (SFT). While other models (like…
Core Biographical Snapshot The Birth of Family Therapy: Virginia Satir’s Defining Sub-Discipline Virginia Satir didn’t just join a sub-discipline; she helped create the field of Family Therapy. Before her work in the 1950s and 60s, if a child was mentally…
Core Biographical Snapshot The Birth of Psychosocial Theory: Erik Erikson’s Defining Sub-Discipline Erik Erikson didn’t invent a totally new school of therapy; he essentially revolutionized and massively expanded Psychoanalysis itself. He is known as an Ego Psychologist. While Freud focused…
Core Biographical Snapshot The Birth of Radical Behaviorism: B. F. Skinner’s Defining Sub-Discipline B. F. Skinner is the ultimate, totally uncompromising champion of Radical Behaviorism. This sub-discipline is genuinely unique because it doesn’t just focus on behavior; it argues that…
Core Biographical Snapshot Academic Roots and Success: Albert Ellis’s Journey from Sexology to Sanity Albert Ellis started his academic career with absolutely nothing to do with psychology. He got his B.A. in business administration from the City College of New…
Core Biographical Snapshot Academic Roots and Success: Aaron T. Beck’s Analytic Detour Aaron Beck’s intellectual journey started with a truly deep grounding in the classics; he earned his undergraduate degree at Brown University and then went to Yale Medical School,…
Core Biographical Snapshot Academic Roots and Success: Maslow’s Escape from Determinism Abraham Maslow’s early life was genuinely miserable, honestly. He was the eldest of seven children, and his parents, Russian Jewish immigrants, weren’t exactly supportive. He described his mother as…
Core Biographical Snapshot Academic Roots and Success: Rogers’ Path to Radical Empathy Carl Rogers didn’t actually start off wanting to be a psychologist. He began his studies at the University of Wisconsin focused on agriculture, which is kinda funny, before…
Core Biographical Snapshot Academic Roots and The Vienna Divide Alfred Adler initially studied medicine at the University of Vienna, which is the same place Freud went. He earned his medical degree in 1895. His early professional focus was actually in…
Core Biographical Snapshot Birth/Death: Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud in 1856; died 1939. Location: Born in Freiberg, Moravia (now Czechia); lived most of his life in Vienna, Austria. Education: Graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Vienna in…
