This theory incorporates the truth about interlocking relationships and experiences creating the pathways that tell you how to see and respond to your world and relationships. Systems theory introduces the transgeneration and organizational structures that build the perimeters for which you live, find solutions, and often reach a point of “not knowing what to do next”.
When we confront the truths that have guided your decisions and addressed the barriers and negative and limiting thoughts we have acquired on the way, the patterns that keep you “stuck” doing the same thing and landing in the same place are released. There is new space to claim the life you want and retire the one that has been informed by other influencers. Systems theory is applied to individuals, couples, families and organization growth therapy.
Narrative therapy is a postmodern approach to understanding how your constructed story impacts your present and future wellbeing.
Revisiting your previous stages of life through your adult eyes to evaluate, edit, and take control of your life story rather than it controlling you.
This therapy includes all life variables influencing how your story has been written and acted upon including Family of origin experiences, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, time in history, age, ability, and social justice messages.
Narrative therapy has a focus on “news of difference”. TThis concept allows you to consider other information and practices to improve your narrative and advance to a healthy place of understanding yourself and how you perceive and interact with others.
TIC is an approach to people and communities with the universal understanding that trauma touches many lives, communities, and organizations. The premise is to be compassionate and kind to one’s self and others. Trauma and trauma reactivity can look very different in individuals, couples, families, and organizations. Trauma has a profound impact on functioning but often does not “make sense”. Trauma shows up in insidious ways and often the surfacing symptoms seem to show up “out of nowhere” and seem like over-reactions to current situations. It is easy for society to identify trauma that is obvious. TIC is often applied to care of first responders including Veterans, police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service professionals, and correction officers. Interestingly, people in the aforementioned list and those in the human services profession are often in organizations that recognize trauma as a casualty to those in the fields. However, many of these helping field workers stifle the symptoms of trauma to feel able to continue the work they do. A TIC approach to building supports for these individuals are very possible and necessary. Trauma does not remain in the person that experienced it. Trauma reactions are transmitted to professional and personal relationships often leading to negative and unhealthy impact. Imagine trauma spreading like a wildfire. The flame starts and spreads. When addressed, it can be controlled. If not, it spreads quickly with fury and relentless destruction.
Trauma comes in many forms. It can be intimately experienced through natural and trauma transmission. Here are several examples:
People who witness other people’s trauma can experience vicarious and secondary trauma because of the exposure to other people’s suffering and pain.
Trauma reactivity comes in many forms
Communities may experience
An inability to thrive
People hurting people
CBT helps individuals understand how their thoughts and underlying beliefs inform behavior. Negative and distorted thoughts direct perception and typically lead to unhelpful behaviors. Healthy and reality based thoughts and perceptions lead to healthy and productive behaviors.
Through System’s theory, Narrative therapy, CBT and Trauma Informed Care, individuals, couples, families, and community organizations can begin to direct their functioning in more empowered and healthy ways.
Deborah Saper has over 30 years of experience provided various levels of support in education, mental health and business development and wellness. Deborah began her career working as a classroom assistant then a classroom teacher with children with special needs and their families. As her career progressed, gifted opportunities of working with extraordinary families and supporting systems, Deborah pursued a degree in marriage and family therapy with an emphasis on social justice impact on family, education, health and wellness and oppressive/empowering systems of service.
During the course of years prior to relocating to Massachusetts, Deborah spent her time in NJ and PA as a therapist, founder and CEO of Embracing Family in NJ, taught college courses in sociology and psychology and provided therapeutic martial arts at Choice Martial Arts which was found and run by her husband.
Providing consultation and therapeutic services has been fulfilling and meaningful. Deborah looks forward to continuing this mission with Embracing Family, A relationship Education Resource Center.
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