LibGuides: MFT-8101 v1: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

Systems thinking. In D. Coghlan & M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.)
Packham, R. (2014). Systems thinking. In D. Coghlan & M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of action research (pp. 753-754).
This article presents an overview, history, development, and current state of systems thinking and its links to action research.
Remembering Gregory Bateson [Video file]
Triangle Productions (Producer). (1997). Remembering Gregory Bateson [Video file].
This video describes the birth of family therapy, along with the Double Bind project.
The perfect mother, the absent wife: Tapping the client's natural resources [Video file].
Zeig, T., & Theisen, Inc. (Producer). (2000). The perfect mother, the absent wife: Tapping the client's natural resources [Video file].
The therapist in this video demonstrates how to use clients’ unique resources and abilities to achieve their goals through a brief therapy approach.