Claudia Dzaack

The basic approach I work with is known as Systemic Therapy. “Systemic” means understanding a person’s behavior as a response to that of the partner, other family members, friends and colleagues as well as their social environment. In this context Systemic Therapy reads and addresses the client’s situation and issues as well as patterns of interaction. As a systemic therapist, I am interested (1) in what happens between people – seeing a person as part of a relationship, family or network and understanding the dynamics of those relationships and (2) in what happens within a person – examining a person’s patterns of thought, behavior and perception as they function in their social environment. In addition to Systemic Therapy, I integrate other therapeutic approaches according to the specific needs and particular issues of the individual or couple. These include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT).