Year: 1998 Source: Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment, v.4, no.2-3, (1998), p.125-143 SIEC No: 19990475

The traditional view of crisis & crisis intervention is critiqued from a constructivist & a systemic point of view. It is suggested that traditional crisis theory is based on an inappropriate model of human systems & results in a problematic risk management approach. A process view is offered as an alternative. Crises are seen as escalating vicious cycles of attempted resolution of perceived threatening change. Crisis intervention involves introducing small changes & then amplifying that change.