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Todd, Thomas

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Introduction

Throughout the long career of Thomas C. Todd, PhD, he has combined the worlds of psychology and CFT, integrating research, training, writing, teaching, and academic administration, with clinical practice. He has received national and international recognition for his research and writing, particularly in the area of CFT of substance abuse and systemic supervision. Todd published widely recognized books in each area, and received significant awards for his contributions in both of these areas from prominent CFT professional organizations.

Career

Todd discovered CFT in the 1960s while in psychology graduate school at New York University. He eagerly went to the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic to work with Salvador Minuchin, Jay Haley, Harry Aponte, and Cloe Madanes, while also studying psychotherapy research. Todd became part of the Psychosomatic Families Project with Minuchin and colleagues, which offered compelling evidence of the effectiveness of structural family...

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  • Minuchin, S., Baker, L., Liebman, R., Milman, L., Rosman, B., & Todd, T. (1975). A conceptual model of psychosomatic illness in children. Archives of General Psychiatry, 32, 1031–1038.

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  • Stanton, M. D., Todd, T. C., & Associates. (1982). The family therapy of drug abuse and addiction. New York: Guilford Press.

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  • Storm, C., Todd, T. C., Sprenkle, D., & Morgan, M. (2001). Gaps between MFT supervision assumptions and common practice: Suggested best practices. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27(2), 227–239.

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  • Todd, T. C. (1981). Paradoxical prescriptions: Applications of consistent paradox using a strategic team. Journal of Strategic and Systematic therapies, 1(1), 28–44.

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  • Todd, T. C. (1986). Structural-strategic marital therapy. In N. S. Jacobson & A. S. Gurman (Eds.), Clinical handbook of marital therapy. New York: Guilford Press.

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  • Todd, T., & Selekman, M. (Eds.). (1991). Family therapy approaches with adolescent substance abusers. New York: Allyn & Bacon.

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  • Todd, T. C., & Storm, C. (Eds.). (2014). The complete systemic supervisor (2nd ed.). West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, USA

    Cheryl L. Storm

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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    Thorana Nelson

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Storm, C.L. (2018). Todd, Thomas. 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_988-1

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