Systems Theory

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Systems Theory

• Intro to Theories of Therapy

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Systems Concepts

• Linear Causality A B
• Circular Causality A B
• Therefore, we look for patterns and processes.
• Why things happen often does little to help
  change patterns

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Systems Concepts
Morphogenesis
Status Quo
Change
Homeostasis

• Positive feedback results in change
• Negative feedback results in maintenance of
  status quo

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Systems concepts

• Content vs. Process
• Communication rules

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Systems concepts

• Identified patient (scapegoat) the one in the
  family who is ill
• Punctuation how a problem is defined...then what
  happened? What happened next?

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Systems concepts

• Boundaries
• Diffuse
• Rigid
• Subsystems
• Rules
• Explicit
• Implicit