Systemic therapy
A complaint never exists in isolation. Systemic therapy looks at relationships, family and the patterns that play out within them.
What is Systemic therapy?
Systemic therapy sees individuals' problems in the context of the relational systems they live in. A symptom in one person is often a signal of stress or imbalance in the wider system, the family, couple or organisation.
Working systemically doesn't always mean all family members attend. Sometimes just one person works with a systemic lens, exploring how difficulties relate to patterns in their family of origin or current relationships.
How does it work?
Circular thinking
Rather than 'who caused this?', systemic therapy asks 'how does this pattern maintain itself?', looking at circular causality rather than linear blame.
Multiple perspectives
Each member of a system has their own valid perspective. By exploring different viewpoints, new possibilities emerge that weren't visible from any single perspective.
What can you expect?
An intake explores the presenting problem within its systemic context.
Family or couple sessions create space for different voices to be heard and understood.
The therapist tracks interactional patterns and invites reflection on how they sustain themselves.
New conversations and experiments challenge established patterns.
Changes in the system are consolidated and the family's own resources strengthened.
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