Volume22,Number9·May29,1975FamilyTherapy:AnExchangeByJohnH Weakland,LynnHoffman,PaulWatzlawick,RichardFisch,ReplybyElsaFirstInresponsetoTheNewWaveinPsychiatry(February20,1975)TotheEditors:IcongratulateTheNewYorkReviewforcommissioninganoverviewofthefamilytherapyfield—anotableFirst[NYR,February20] Foronething,NewYorkintellectualshavehadalongassociationwithaclassofpersonaladvisersorwisemenknowna