Systemic Approach and Force Field Model

A systems approach can describe how the client’s scope of attention might expand beyond that of their immediate goal and extend to include factors such as their role, the team, the organization, industry sector, economic sector and even national, cultural and historical background. Having some level of understanding of and sensitivity to these factors are useful for helping the client to recognize that they are situated within a specific and unique context. Such factors might be considered as “forces” which influence how they and others act. By understanding these forces, clients can recognize and manage the factors which they can control and learn to appreciate and understand they are sometimes only part of a wider system which they and others cannot control.