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Prata, Guiliana
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Giuliana Prata was a medical doctor practicing psychiatry in Milan, Italy. She is one of the originators of the Milan systemic approach and, later, one of the four second-generation Milan group members. She authored two books: A systemic jolt to “family game”: The new method, in 1977, and A systemic harpoon into family games: Preventative interventions in family therapy, in 1988. She also co-authored one book with colleagues of the Milan group – and several journal articles. Her works were first published in Italian then later translated to English, French, and Spanish.
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Guiliana Prata was a practicing psychiatrist in Milan, Italy, during the 1960s. In 1967, she became one of the eight original psychiatrists of the Milan group lead by Mara Selvini-Palazzoli. This original Milan group disbanded in 1971, leaving Prata, along with Selvini-Palazzoli, Luigi Boscolo, and Gianfranco Cecchin, to form the second-generation Milan Group. The group opened...
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Prata, G. (1990). A systemic harpoon into family games: Preventative interventions in family therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
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Moreno, J.M. (2019). Prata, Giuliana. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_1038
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