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Andolfi, Maurizio

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Maurizio Andolfi, M.D. (1942).

Introduction

Maurizio Andolfi is a world-renowned family therapist due to his remarkable scientific and methodological contribution to the contemporary family therapy. Over the last 45 years, he developed the Multigenerational Family Therapy, an experiential model of intervention that centers on creativity and humanity as the best way to build an alliance and work with a family in crisis. Andolfi has been published widely in English, Italian, and several other languages.

Career

After graduating and specializing as child psychiatrist with Giovanni Bollea, in the early 1970s Andolfi moved to New York, where he stayed for a few years and where he established close professional relationships with the most important family therapists, such as Salvador Minuchin, Carl Whitaker, James Framo, and Murray Bowen. He learnt family therapy by personally observing master therapists at work and absorbing their skills and knowledge. Back in Italy, he was Professor in...

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References

  • Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and family therapy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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Key Citations

  • Andolfi, M. (2017). Multi-generational family therapy. Tools and resources for the therapist. New York: Routledge.

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  • Andolfi, M., & Haber, R. (Eds.). (1994). Please help me with this family: Using consultants as resources in family therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

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  • Andolfi, M., & Mascellani, A. (2013). Teen voices. Tales from family therapy. San Diego: Wisdom Moon Publishing.

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  • Andolfi, M., Angelo, C., Menghi, P., & Nicolò-Corigliano, A. (1983). Behind the family mask: Therapeutic change in rigid family systems. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

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  • Andolfi, M., Angelo, C., & De Nichilo, M. (1987). The myth of atlas: Families and the therapeutic story. New York: Brunnel/Mazel.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Accademia di Psicoterapia della Famiglia, Rome, Italy

    Anna Mascellani

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  1. Anna Mascellani
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Correspondence to Anna Mascellani .

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, Nordhausen, Germany

    Maria Borcsa Ph.D

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Mascellani, A. (2017). Andolfi, Maurizio. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_939-1

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