Lynn Hoffman
Lynn Hoffman (born September 10, 1924 in Paris ; † December 21, 2017 ) was an American social worker , psychotherapist , pioneer and historian of family therapy . Originally she worked in the field of strategic family therapy . Today she is considered a prominent proponent of postmodern psychotherapy . Hoffman worked often and intensively with Jay Haley and maintained an intensive exchange with her colleague Harlene Anderson from Texas.
Publications
In English
- 1967: together with Jay Haley : Techniques of family therapy. Basic Books, New York 1967; Aronson, Northvale NJ 1994
- 1981: Foundations of Family Therapy: A Conceptual Framework for Systems Change. Basic Books, New York
- 1985: Beyond power and control: Toward a "second order" family systems therapy. Family Systems Medicine. 3: 381-396
- 1987: together with Luigi Boscolo , Gianfranco Cecchin , Peggy Penn : Milan Systemic Family Therapy: Conversations in Theory and Practice. Basic Books
- 1990: Constructing Realities: An Art of Lenses. Family Process. 29 (1) 1-12
- 1991: A reflective stance for family therapists. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies 10: 4-17
- 1993: Exchanging Voices: A Collaborative Approach to Family Therapy. Karnac Books, London
- 2002: Family Therapy: An Intimate History. WW Norton & Co., New York
In German language
- Family Therapy Basics. Concepts for the development of systems. Second edition. iskopress, Hamburg 1984. ISBN 3-921648-47-5
- Therapeutic conversations. From Power and Influence to Cooperation in Therapy - The Development of Systemic Practice. Verlag Modernes Leben, Dortmund 1996, ISBN 978-3-8080-0336-7
- Diagnosis - a disaster? A constructionist trialogue. Kenneth J. Gergen , Lynn Hoffmann and Harlene Anderson . Journal for Systemic Therapy 1997 (4): 224-241
- Preface . In: Sidney Rosen, The Educational Stories of Milton H. Erickson. iskopress, Salzhausen 2003, ISBN 978-3-89403-424-5
Web links
- Techniques of family therapy.
- Constructing Realities: An Art of Lenses. doi : 10.1111 / j.1545-5300.1990.00001.x
- Exchanging Voices: A Collaborative Approach to Family Therapy.
- Literature by and about Lynn Hoffman in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffman, Lynn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American social worker, psychotherapist, and family therapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2017 |