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machines, trivial and non-trivial maieutics mania manifold manipulation map and counter-map of a family system maps marital breakdown marital schism marital skew mediation: systemic approaches melancholia memories menetic theory merit mesnie messages metabinding metabolic forms metacommunication systems metagovernor metaphor metaphorical objects, metaphorical language metapsychology metasystems, metasystems of intervention Milan systemic therapy mimesis, mimicry mimetic desire mimicry mind miracle questions misunderstanding mode-identifying signals model of the systemic model morphogenetic fields morphogenetic or structural typologies of the family mourning, depression, mania, melancholia multi-channel communication systems McLuhan has successfully demonstrated the extent to which the medium also determines the structure of multi-channel interchanges: the voice, the written word, the telephone, the television, the telegram, newspapers, letters, books and festivals are messages in themselves, independently of their content. Similarly, the media used in therapy determine the nature and meaning of the process set in train. A verbal interpretation is not the same in nature as a prescription by letter, or an unguarede remark behind the one-way mirror or a family interview in a doctor's consulting room in a hospital. (See also deixis ; distance and organization of territory; maps; performative; ... log in or subscribe to read full text