COUN110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Black Sheep, Nuclear Family, Family Therapy
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Within family systems theory the focus is on with how we relate to one another. We build a collection of interactions called a system. The system can be a family or a workgroup or a collection of friends. Our focus is on the system rather than just on individuals. With the system there are qualitatively different elements that help determine what we are and what we can become. In the 1950s bowen introduced a transformational theory, family systems theory : virginia satir. Family systems theory: a family is a natural living system. Families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals. To understand the individual, we must understand the family system of that individual. People cannot be understood in isolation from one another. A family is greater than the sum of its parts: as members of a family system every member is interconnected. When one piece moves, the whole mobile moves. Each part of the system affects each others.
