John Weakland

John H. Weakland (8 January 1919 – 18 July 1995) was one of the founders of brief and family psychotherapy.[1] At the time of his death, he was a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, California, co-director of the famous Brief Therapy Center at MRI, and a clinical associate professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.[2]

  1. ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (1995-07-16). "John Weakland, an Originator of Family Therapy, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. ^ Propagations: Thirty Years of Influence From the Mental Research Institute, The Haworth Press, Inc., 1995, p xiii