Stability and change: addressing the symptom of substance dependency
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Authors
Pietersen, Marika
Issue Date
2009-08
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Substance dependency , Relationships , Iinteraction , Pprocess , Wholeness , Context , Systems/cybernetics , Stability and change
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the complementary concepts of stability and change could manifest during the therapeutic process, specifically with clients showing the symptom of dependency.
The study is guided by a literature study on systems/cybernetic theory with a focus on the cybernetic complementarity of stability and change. A brief description is provided of the symptom of dependency from a more traditional lineal perspective as well as a non-lineal (systemic) perspective.
A single case study is utilized to describe how both stability and change could manifest in the therapeutic process. From this description the relevance and usefulness of addressing both stability and change during the therapeutic process emerge and are outlined.
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Citation
Pietersen, Marika (2009) Stability and change: addressing the symptom of substance dependency, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/630>