Mara Selvini Palazzoli

Mara Selvini Palazzoli (1916-1999) was an Italian psychiatrist and founder in 1971, with Gianfranco Cecchin, Luigi Boscolo and Giuliana Prata, of the systemic and constructivist approach to family therapy which became known as the Milan systems approach. Worked with families of schizophrenic and anorexic children. With her colleagues, she developed a theraputic model that is based on Gregory Bateson's cybernetics theory.

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Name	Selvini Palazzoli, Mara
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Date of birth	1916
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Date of death	1999
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