ABSTRACT
Systems-centered therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to individual and group psychotherapy. It is different from most approaches to therapy in that the theory about the dynamics of systems was developed first and the practice of systems-centered therapy was developed from putting the theory into practice. This systematic approach to therapy was introduced based on some important characteristics of system thinking. The most important implication for therapy is the idea that all living human systems exist in a hierarchy and function in the same way, develop in the same way, and have a common structure. SCT argues that what kind of therapy can be done depends more upon the system that is developed than it does on either the individual potential of the patient or the skills of the therapist. Therefore, systems-centered therapy develops a therapeutic system first as the prerequisite for any therapeutic treatment.
