[Effects of systemic thinking on the human concept of the therapist and his therapeutic work].

Some of the fundamental ideas of the so called Systemic Theory of the second generation, connected with the names of von Foerster, Maturana, Bateson, von Glasersfeld, Prigogine etc., are described, and the underlying idea of man is outlined in a few points. This is followed by some reflections as to the effects of this kind of thinking and this view of man on the therapist himself, his potentials, his limits, and so on his therapeutic actions.