Familyandmarriagetherapist,borninParis,France ThechildofAmericanparents(hermotherwasRuthReeves,anotedtextiledesigner),shegrewupinaNewYorkartistscolony ShestudiedatRadcliffe(1946)andheldaseriesofjobsbeforeshebegantoconcentrateonfamilytherapy(1963)inaprogrammeinfluencedbytheideasofGregoryBateson ShetookamastersdegreefromtheAdelphiSchoolofSocialWork(1971)andworkedforfamilytherapyorganizationsinPhi