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problems is by changing the attitudes and interactions within the relevant system. A systemic coach or therapist considers individual problems as reflecting a system. By focusing on the patterns of relationships, a systemic coach can find solutions that are literally beyond the imagination of system members. Disease in a family can challenge all family members. If you or a member of your family have been diagnosed with serious mental disease, it will affect your life. Systemic Coaching & Relationships Many diseases, especially the repetitive symptoms of chronic disease, seem to have relationship as well as physiological causes. What are the relationship benefits of disease. Is the person more loved when sick? Does a child's disease hold the family together? Does a disease provide a punishment for perceived lack of justice? A systemic psychology can identify and dissolve relationship conflicts that may prevent wellness. The lifestyle consequences of health and healing are not always desirable. Would health require an important decision to be made? Would health require a return to a hated job? A Therapeutic Coach can identify and help dissolve lifestyle conflicts that may prevent wellness. Psychological Complications Systemic relationship and emotional difficulties may affect your body's hormone balance - which can cause psychological problems. 218