Systemic therapies is a generic term for therapy dealing with people in relationship to one another, the interactions of groups, and their patterns and dynamics.
Systemic therapy has its roots in family therapy, and family systems therapy, and approaches problems practically rather than analytically. It does not seek to determine cause, nor assign diagnosis, but rather identify the stagnant patterns of behaviour within the group or family and address the patterns directly. The role of the therapist in systemic therapies is to introduce creative nudges to support the changing of the system, and address current relationship patterns, rather than analyse causes such as subconscious impulses or childhood trauma. Systemic therapy can also be used in businesses, and is increasingly being implemented in the fields of education, politics, psychiatry, social work and family medicine.
Related UKCP modality sections:
Family, couple, sexual and systemic therapies (FCSS) |
