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He emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1950. He developed the contextual approach to family therapy, which emphasizes the ethical dimension of family development. Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. ... Ethics (from the Ancient Greek Ä“thikos, the adjective of Ä“thos custom, habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group and covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility. ...

Bibliography

• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Framo, J. (1965; 1985). Intensive family therapy: Theoretical and practical aspects. New York: Harper & Row. (Second edition, New York: Brunner/Mazel)
• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Spark, G. (1973; 1984). Invisible loyalties: Reciprocity in intergenerational family therapy. New York: Harper & Row. (Second edition, New York: Brunner/Mazel)
• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Krasner, B. (1986). Between give and take: A clinical guide to contextual therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I. (1987). Foundations of contextual therapy: Collected papers of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, MD. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
• Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., Grunebaum, J., & Ulrich, D. (1991). Contextual Therapy. In A. Gurman & D. Kniskern (Eds.) Handbook of Family Therapy, Vol 2. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
• Le Goff, J.F. (2001). Boszormenyi-Nagy and Contextual Therapy: An Overview, ANZJFT, 22:3 (Sept); 147–157.
• Ducommun-Nagy, C. (2002). Contextual Therapy. In F. Kaslow, R. Massey, & S. Massey (Eds.) Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy, Vol. 3: Interpersonal/humanistic/existential. New York; Chichester: Wiley.

See also

• Relational ethics

References

• Carey, Benedict (2007) Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, 86, an Innovator of Family Therapy, Dies, New York Times, February 13, 2007.

External links

• Therapist profile
• Interview with Psychology Today on Destructive Entitlement
• Are trustworthiness and fairness enough? Contextual family therapy and the good family
• Böszörményi-Nagy's response to 'Are trustworthiness and fairness enough?'
• Contextual Therapy with Multiple Personality Disorder
• Obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer