Systemic family therapy

Systemic family therapy is a model of family therapy . As in any family therapy, the aim is to accompany and support the development of family members, relationships with one another and the family as a whole. The special feature are the from the system theory derived knowledge and methods. This includes self-control, self-creation and self-preservation, relationships and context, chaos, 2nd order solutions, and methods such as circular questions, paradoxical prescribing, miracle questions, metaphors and rituals, construction of reality, reflecting team and many more.

history

The root of family therapy is psychoanalysis or deep psychological methods and the humanistic therapies developed from them or the underlying attitude of humanism . The first innovation consisted in expanding the therapeutic setting from the individual to the group (1960s) and from there to the family (1960s). The second major innovation was the systemic view and the methods derived from it (1970s). This resulted in systemic family therapy.

Essential stations: Palo Alto Group , Milan Model , Heidelberg Group .

It was only much later that systemic methods from family therapy and the underlying systemic view were also transferred to therapeutic group and individual settings (1990s) and systemic therapy was derived from them. Years later (2000s), proven methods in systemic family therapy were also transferred to other fields and resulted in systemic supervision , systemic social work , systemic organizational advice , systemic coaching , systemic leadership, etc.