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Table of contents
Question 1 Ecomap & genogram ........................................................................................... 3
Question 2 Developmental frameworks ................................................................................. 4
2.1 The family life cycle .................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Stages of marriage ....................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Developmental Stages ................................................................................................. 5
Question 3 FOC .................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Define FOC concept .................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Role of a FOC therapist ............................................................................................... 6
3.3 FOC description of family ........................................................................................... 6
3.3.1. Entropy and negentropy ....................................................................................... 6
3.3.2. Equifinality/equipotentiality................................................................................. 7
3.3.3. Recursion............................................................................................................. 7
3.3.4. Rules and boundaries ........................................................................................... 7
3.3.5. Openness and closedness ..................................................................................... 8
Question 4 SOC .................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 How reality, health and pathology is understood from an SOC perspective. ................. 8
4.1.1Reality ................................................................................................................... 8
4.1.2 Health and pathology ............................................................................................ 8
4.2 The role of a SOC therapist. ........................................................................................ 9
4.3 How a SOC therapist will approach the case. ............................................................... 9
Question 5 ............................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 Systemic thinking is not an either/or approach. ............................................................ 9
5.2 Ethical considerations. ............................................................................................... 11
5.3 African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems. ............................................. 13
5.4 Merits and shortcomings............................................................................................ 13
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 15
References .......................................................................................................................... 16
Plagiarism declaration ......................................................................................................... 17
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Table of contents
Question 1 Ecomap & genogram ........................................................................................... 3
Question 2 Developmental frameworks ................................................................................. 4
2.1 The family life cycle .................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Stages of marriage ....................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Developmental Stages ................................................................................................. 5
Question 3 FOC .................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Define FOC concept .................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Role of a FOC therapist ............................................................................................... 6
3.3 FOC description of family ........................................................................................... 6
3.3.1. Entropy and negentropy ....................................................................................... 6
3.3.2. Equifinality/equipotentiality................................................................................. 7
3.3.3. Recursion............................................................................................................. 7
3.3.4. Rules and boundaries ........................................................................................... 7
3.3.5. Openness and closedness ..................................................................................... 8
Question 4 SOC .................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 How reality, health and pathology is understood from an SOC perspective. ................. 8
4.1.1Reality ................................................................................................................... 8
4.1.2 Health and pathology ............................................................................................ 8
4.2 The role of a SOC therapist. ........................................................................................ 9
4.3 How a SOC therapist will approach the case. ............................................................... 9
Question 5 ............................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 Systemic thinking is not an either/or approach. ............................................................ 9
5.2 Ethical considerations. ............................................................................................... 11
5.3 African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems. ............................................. 13
5.4 Merits and shortcomings............................................................................................ 13
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 15
References .......................................................................................................................... 16
Plagiarism declaration ......................................................................................................... 17
