Systemic practice

Systemic practice

1. interconnected

2. interrelated

3. feedback

4. interactional

5. punctuated

6. theories of change

   • Attachment Theory
     • Systemic theory
   • Solution focussed pracice
   • psycho-dynamic theories
     • psychotherapy - takes too long

7. anti learnt helplessness/anti dependence upon one helpful person - what happens if you depend on one person - need to utilise your whole system to help you.

   • example the family that relied solely on helpful steven - their gerbils were gassed
   • the son who relied solely on helpful dad Steven - what would he do if he couldn't speak to dad

8. interactions in the family system can make you feel safe, protected and uplifted or isolated and desolate - it is important to check out assumptions about what people are thinking

9. things do not happen in isolation, everything is a chain reaction

10. what you do is always a communication based on continual feedback

    • example - chopping down tree, how the tree responds to the chop changes your next chop - response to feedback

11. what you see effects what you do - what if you had eyes on the side of your head like a lizard how would your perspective change