Interactional theory
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INTERACTIONAL THEORY Paul Watzlawick
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INTERACTIONAL THEORYPaul Watzlawick
ALL PARTS ARE INTERRELATEDParts of a system are interdependent: they affect one another.
“If you change any part of a system, you change the entire
system.”
Anyone who has had a child understands how one new part(the
baby)in a system (the marriage)
changes all the aspects of the system.
SITUATION 1:
When you have a stomach ache, all body parts are affected.
You can’t act normally due to the discomfort.
SITUATION 2:
SYSTEMS ARE ORGANIZED WHOLESWe cannot understand any part of a system in isolation of the other interrelated parts.
Systems are organized wholes: seen and studied as totality of interacting elements
Therapists wok with disturbed members of the a family; tries to “fix”
the individual who is the problem that’s disrupting the family life.
SITUATION:
THE WHOLE IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
Living systems are more than just a collection of the parts that make them up.
KC and Anj met each other the first time as classmates.
SITUATION:
SYSTEMS STRIVE FOR, BUT NEVER ACHIEVE,
EQUILIBRIUMTo maintain function and meet the system’s objective, the members must continually adjust and change.
