The Education of a Family Therapist
Jay Lappin • 11/8/2021
As a family therapy trainee in the 70s, it was easy to feel like part of a larger revolution.
Magazine Article
Friends Celebrate His Life and Legacy
Esther Perel, Jay Lappin, Mary Jo Barrett, Mary Pipher, Richard Schwartz, Ron Taffel, Terry Real • 3/2/2021
Sharing how Rich Simon impacted our lives—and the field as a whole.
Magazine Article
How to Respond When Clients Resist Your Advice
Jay Lappin • 1/9/2018
By Jay Lappin - As therapists, we need to be open to feedback, even criticism, as a means of deepening the therapeutic relationship. Establishing trust by moving beyond the reflex action of offering a solution and creating a context in which the possibility for transformation is greater than the pull of old patterns is hard work both for clients and for therapists.
Daily Blog
The Legacy of Braulio Montalvo
Jay Lappin • 8/8/2014
In this highly charged atmosphere, no one on staff, not even Minuchin himself, was more revered for his ability to penetrate to the core of a family’s problem than Braulio Montalvo...when I asked Braulio how he’d been able to turn around the session so quickly, he simply said, “I just gave him a [new] way to be strong.” Then, characteristically, without calling any more attention to himself, he walked out of the room. It was as if we’d just been shown how to make a skeleton key to an entire city by a master locksmith.
Daily Blog
When Clients Resist Your Advice, Hang in There
Jay Lappin • 5/29/1999
What should I do when the response to anything I suggest to a client is, "I've already tried that and it doesn't work"?
Magazine Article