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Peter Stratton, BSc, PhD, Dip Psychotherapy, FBPsS, (1940-).
Introduction
Peter Stratton is a prolific family therapist and developmental psychologist. He has made contributions to the field of family psychology in both direct therapeutic services and data analysis techniques. Stratton was born in 1940 in London. His father worked in a furniture factory, first on the shop floor and eventually as managing director while his mother was a homemaker. Stratton co-founded the Leeds Family Therapy and Research Center, with his wife Helga Hanks. Although retired from Leeds University, he continues to produce research and provide workshops for therapists.
Career
Stratton attended a Catholic school during his youth and then attended Leicester University to study mathematics. While teaching in London, he studied psychology at Birkbeck University of London. His post-graduate work was in child development. Stratton is an Emeritus Professor of Family Therapy at Leeds University. As a clinician,...
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Borsca, M., & Stratton, P. (2016). Origins and originality in family therapy and systemic practice. Cham: Springer.
Browne, K. D., Hanks, H., Stratton, P., & Hamilton, C. (2002). Early prediction and prevention of child abuse: A handbook. Chichester: Wiley.
Carr, A., & Stratton, P. (2017). The Score family assessment questionnaire: A decade of progress. Family Process, 56, 185–201.
Hayes, N., & Stratton, P. (2018). A student’s dictionary of psychology and neuroscience (6th ed.). London: Routledge.
Pote, H., Stratton, P., Cottrell, D., Boston, P., Shapiro, D., & Hanks, H. (2000). The Leeds systemic family therapy manual. Leeds: LFTRC.
Stratton, P. (1982). The psychobiology of the human newborn. Chichester: Wiley.
Stratton, P. (n.d.) SCORE: SCORE-15 index of family functioning and change. Retrieved from http://www.aft.org.uk/view/score.html?tzcheck=1.
Stratton, P., Preston-Shoot, M., & Hanks, H. (1990). Family therapy: Training and practice. London: Venture Press.
Stratton, P., & Low, D. (2019). Culturally sensitive measures of systemic family therapy. In K. S. Wampler (Ed.). Handbook of systemic family therapy. New York: Wiley.
Stratton, P., Reibstein, J., Lask, J., Singh, R., & Asen, E. (2011). Competences and occupational standards for systemic family and couples therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 33, 123–143.
Turner, J. (2005). A family affair. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/dec/31/familyandrelationships.family1.
Vossler, A., & Moller, N. (2014). The counseling and psychotherapy research handbook. London: Sage.
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Pollard, S., Ashraf, R. (2020). Stratton, Peter. 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_976-2
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