Minuchin eventually developed a form of family therapy with a few of his collogues that would prove to be effective and stand in a class of its own. “The method that would be soon created involved Minuchin and another psychiatrist performing a therapy session with a family while the other psychiatrists viewed the session through a one-way mirror.” (Nichols, 2010, p. 118) This technique would allow both therapist that were involved to observe each other’s work, which would ultimately allow the therapists to learn different techniques from one another and this that is what led Minuchin to develop what is now known as structural family therapy. “In 1962, once Minuchin had generated his theoretical formulations for family structure, he
