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This 12 page paper looks at the development of family therapy through systems theory. The paper examines the progress of family theory and discusses relevance and application of the theory, the role of the therapist, potential interventions based on this approach and tools such as eco mapping and genograms. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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at the behaviour of the individual not as isolated and detached, but as part of a larger system in relation to interactions and relationships. The concept is not limited to
human behaviour. Systems theory was developed by a number of theorists in the 1950s including Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Margaret Mead, Kenneth E. Boulding, Anatol Rapoport and Gregory Bateson (Banathy,
1996, Bateson, 1979). This is a concept that may be seen as trans-disciplinary or multidisciplinary as it is not limited to only certain areas of study and today may be
seen in many disciplines, from ontology and engineering and philosophy and biology and even in areas such as cybernetics, computing economics and political science (Laszlo, 1992, 1976).
In terms of human behaviour the main area of study for therapy may be that of Systemic Family Therapy, this makes use of the systemic concepts
outlined above. In this case it is looking at the family as a system and any problems which occur within the family as a whole rather than looking at the
problems as those of an individual. For example, if there is a child that has a bed wetting problem then although the child id the individual that is displaying the
problematic behaviour the systematic family therapy approach sees this as part of the larger system and to resolve the problem will look at the system and the relationships in that
system and how these may be impacting and infracting the bed wetting, This is not isolated to current relationships but may also look at past relationships that have had an
impact (Dallos and Draper, 2005). The therapy will see the therapist explore issues such as how members of the family see each other, what expectation exist and the function that
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