Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system

The authoress defines the cybernetic concept of change and stability as a suitable description of constituting and maintaining the contex of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system. She explains the concept of first- and second-order change together with the (usual) strategies for br...

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Main Author: Lea Šugman Bohinc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Psychologists' Association 2000-06-01
Series:Psihološka Obzorja
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Online Access:http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2000_2/sugman-bohinc.pdf
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description The authoress defines the cybernetic concept of change and stability as a suitable description of constituting and maintaining the contex of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system. She explains the concept of first- and second-order change together with the (usual) strategies for bringing forth first-order changes and second-order changes and different problem definitions as well as problem solutions, arising from the kind of changes created. The description of constitution and maintenance of the context of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system is summarized in the form of general views and strategies of cybernetic use of the concept of change and stability, such as: (a)co-creation of the context for the development of desirable changes, (b) testing the order of change needed for the desirable problem solution, (c) common design of a plan of possible steps for bringing forth the desired changes, (d) regular verification of epistemological assumptions of the counsellor or the therapist as well as of the client system regarding problem and solution understanding, regular verification (and redefinition) of agreement on the desirable outcome of the problem all the way to the agreement on its realization.
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spelling doaj.art-d5afee3bf67c4949a751306401038c5a2022-12-21T23:14:43ZengSlovenian Psychologists' AssociationPsihološka Obzorja2350-51412000-06-01928710114Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client systemLea Šugman BohincThe authoress defines the cybernetic concept of change and stability as a suitable description of constituting and maintaining the contex of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system. She explains the concept of first- and second-order change together with the (usual) strategies for bringing forth first-order changes and second-order changes and different problem definitions as well as problem solutions, arising from the kind of changes created. The description of constitution and maintenance of the context of counselling and therapeutic work with the client system is summarized in the form of general views and strategies of cybernetic use of the concept of change and stability, such as: (a)co-creation of the context for the development of desirable changes, (b) testing the order of change needed for the desirable problem solution, (c) common design of a plan of possible steps for bringing forth the desired changes, (d) regular verification of epistemological assumptions of the counsellor or the therapist as well as of the client system regarding problem and solution understanding, regular verification (and redefinition) of agreement on the desirable outcome of the problem all the way to the agreement on its realization.http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2000_2/sugman-bohinc.pdffirst-order cyberneticssecond-order cyberneticschangestabilitystrategies of psychosocial help
spellingShingle Lea Šugman Bohinc
Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
Psihološka Obzorja
first-order cybernetics
second-order cybernetics
change
stability
strategies of psychosocial help
title Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
title_full Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
title_fullStr Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
title_full_unstemmed Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
title_short Cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
title_sort cybernetics of change and stability in the context of counselling and therapeutic work with client system
topic first-order cybernetics
second-order cybernetics
change
stability
strategies of psychosocial help
url http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2000_2/sugman-bohinc.pdf
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