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systemic therapy

systemic therapy noun: a school of psychology that seeks to address people not on an individual level, as was the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but as people in relationships, dealing with the interactional patterns and group dynamics.

Noun

systemic therapy

  1. A school of psychology that seeks to address people not on an individual level, as was the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but as people in relationships, dealing with the interactional patterns and group dynamics.
    Synonyms:
    family therapy, family systems therapy

Synonyms of systemic therapy

  • family therapy
  • family systems therapy

Questions about systemic therapy

What does systemic therapy mean?
Systemic therapy means a school of psychology that seeks to address people not on an individual level, as was the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but as people in relationships, dealing with the interactional patterns and group dynamics.
What part of speech is systemic therapy?
Systemic therapy is a noun.

Words near systemic therapy in the dictionary

  1. systemic circulations
  2. systemic exertion intolerance disease
  3. systemic lupus erythematosus
  4. systemic scleroses
  5. systemic sclerosis
  6. systemic therapy
  7. systemical
  8. systemically
  9. systemicities
  10. systemicity
  11. systemics

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