Peggy Penn In Memoriam (1931-2012)

Peggy Penn, an eloquent leading voice in the family therapy world that significantly contributed to its scholarship and practice, died peacefully at her home in New York City on July 28, 2012. Inspired early on by Gregory Bateson's notions of double descriptions, patterns, circularity, change,...

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Published in:Journal of marital and family therapy 2012-10, Vol.38 (4), p.571-572
Main Author: Anderson, Harlene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Family counseling
Family Therapy - history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Imagination
Peggy Penn
Penn
Resistance (Psychology)
United States
Writing
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Summary:Peggy Penn, an eloquent leading voice in the family therapy world that significantly contributed to its scholarship and practice, died peacefully at her home in New York City on July 28, 2012. Inspired early on by Gregory Bateson's notions of double descriptions, patterns, circularity, change, and language, soon followed by the Milan Associates' notions of positive connotation and circular questioning, and later by the work of Kenneth Gergen and Sheila McNamee, among others, themes emerged in her work such as relational understanding, multiple voices, narration and future-oriented talk and questions.
ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/jmft.12000