Yvonne Agazarian
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Yvonne M. Agazarian, Ed. D., is the principal architect of Systems Centered Therapy
, based on a theory of Living Human Systems that she also developed. Dr. Agazarian teaches, trains, and supervises Systems-Centered therapists internationally, is the Founder of the Systems-Centered Training & Research Institute, and practices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. Her book, "Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups", was published in 1997. Also in 1997, the American Psychological Association awarded her Group Psychologist of the Year "for her involvement in research, publication, teaching and training. She exemplifies the finest in scholarship in the discipline of psychology. As group psychologist, she has contributed to expanding our knowledge of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology with the investigation of living human systems and systems-centered group and individual therapy. Her considerable body of work illustrates the highest blend of creativity and learning".
Systems Centered Therapy
Systems-Centered Therapy is a particular form of group therapy based on the Theory of Living Human Systems developed by Dr. Yvonne Agazarian. The theory postulates that living human systems survive, develop, and transform from simple to complex through discriminating and integrating information...
, based on a theory of Living Human Systems that she also developed. Dr. Agazarian teaches, trains, and supervises Systems-Centered therapists internationally, is the Founder of the Systems-Centered Training & Research Institute, and practices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
. Her book, "Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups", was published in 1997. Also in 1997, the American Psychological Association awarded her Group Psychologist of the Year "for her involvement in research, publication, teaching and training. She exemplifies the finest in scholarship in the discipline of psychology. As group psychologist, she has contributed to expanding our knowledge of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology with the investigation of living human systems and systems-centered group and individual therapy. Her considerable body of work illustrates the highest blend of creativity and learning".
External links
- Yvonne Agazarian biography at Systems-Centered Training & Research Instititue (SCTRI)
- "Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups" (New Ed Edition October 2004; originally published 1997)
- "Autobiography of a Theory: Developing the Theory of Living Human Systems and Its Systems-Centered Practice" (August 2000)
- "A Systems-Centered Approach to Inpatient Group Psychotherapy" (March 2001)