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Susan Gantt, Fall 2012, Systems-Centered News, vol. 20, no. 2 Translation Marjo Knapen & Lotte Paans Although it generally yields many benefits, learning SCT Systems-Centered Training is not always easy. The process begins with learning ‘functional subgroups,’ the core method of SCT. ‘Functional subgroups’ starts by connecting with another, resonating, and…

Yvonne Agazarian, Fall 2012, Systems-Centered News, vol. 20, no

Just as with many other approaches in which people are trained to become group therapists, an important criterion in SCT is that the professionals themselves participate in an experiential training group. The difference from many other models is that within SCT, experiential training groups are—and remain—a mandatory requirement for professionals who wish to apply SCT…

The coach is already in the room, half an hour before the start. A group of 12 team members and a manager arrives. She pushes the tables aside and makes a circle of chairs. This creates more space and allows everyone to see each other clearly. Around nine o'clock, the team members start trickling in. Coffee, a chat...

Translation of an article by Susan P. Gantt, PhD, ABPP, Nov. 2005, in ‘The Group Psychologist,’ a Newsletter of Div. 49 of the American Psychological Association. Vol. 15, No. 5, p. 15 Since Senge’s (1990) well-known work, ‘The Fifth Discipline,’ the importance of systems thinking within organizations has been recognized. Nevertheless, few methods have been developed that translate systems thinking into…

An Introduction to Systems-Centered© Therapy By Peter Bernardt, MFT (2011) Translation Lotte Paans, Marjo Knapen (2017) Introduction Since 2000, I have been working intensively with Systems Centered Therapy (SCT). This article is a brief introduction to this work. Yvonne Agazarian, the founder of SCT, developed her ideas through 55 years of intensive group work. SCT is…