James Framo

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Family therapy

Approaches

Adlerian family therapy CBT Conjoint family therapy Contextual therapy Emotionally Focused Therapy Experential family therapy Family systems therapy Feminist family therapy Medical family therapy Milan systems approach MRI brief therapy Multisystemic therapy Object relations Postmodern Collaborative Therapy Psychoeducation with families Psychoanalytic family therapy Solution focused family therapy Strategic family therapy Structural family therapy Systems family therapy

Notable therapists

Alfred Adler Nathan Ackerman Tom Andersen Harlene Anderson Harry J Aponte Gregory Bateson (1904 – 1980) Ivan Böszörményi-Nagy Murray Bowen Steve de Shazer Milton H. Erickson Richard Fisch James Framo Harry Goolishian John Gottman Robert-Jay Green Jay Haley Lynn Hoffman Don D. Jackson Sue Johnson Bradford Keeney Walter Kempler Cloe Madanes Salvador Minuchin Braulio Montalvo Virginia Satir Mara Selvini Palazzoli Ross Speck Robin Skynner Paul Watzlawick John Weakland Carl Whitaker Michael White Lyman Wynne

Misc

Couples therapy Family Family structure History of family therapy Parenting Parenting styles Parent child communication Person-of-the-Therapist

James Framo (1922 – 2001) was a American psychologist and pioneer family therapist. He developed an object relations approach to intergenerational and family-of-origin therapy. He collaborated with other pioneers in the field and authored or co-authored several early and significant texts in the field of family therapy.

Bibliography

• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I. & Framo, J.L. (1965; 1985). Intensive family therapy: Theoretical and practical aspects. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
• Framo, J.L. (1968). My families, my family. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 4, 18-27.
• Framo, J.L. (1970). Symptoms from a family transactional viewpoint. In N. W. Ackerman, J. Lieb, & J. K. Pearce (Eds.) Family therapy in transition. (pp. 125-171). Boston: Little & Brown.
• Framo, J.L (Ed.)(1972). Family interaction: A dialogue between family researchers and family therapists. New York: Springer.
• Green, R.J. & Framo, J.L. (Eds.)(1981). Family therapy: Major contributions. New York: International University Press.
• Framo, J.L. (1982). Explorations in marital and family therapy: Selected papers of James L Framo. New York: Springer.
• Framo, J.L. (1992). Family-of-origin therapy: An intergenerational approach. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
• Framo, J.L., Weber, T. & Levine, F. (2003). Coming Home Again: A Family-of-origin Consultation. New York: Brunner/Routledge.

External links

• Biography: AFTA

• In memory of James L. Framo