Assume you are sharing an elevator while attending a conference when a fellow attendee notices your nametag and credentials and asks you what exactly you do as an MFT. Prepare an elevator to talk to sell your approach as “a systemic thinker” that could be delivered in about two minutes. Consider approaching this assignment from a place of selling yourself and your line of work. In fact, you may want to think of it as a way to offer your business cards to potential clients.

You could mention the following concepts in a way that allows your fellow elevator travelers to understand your philosophy:

• Feedback loops
• Homeostasis
• Causality
• The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Remember that an elevator speech must be:

• Brief
• Easy to deliver
• Positive and non-defensive
• In everyday language that people can understand
• Free of therapy jargon

Length: 1-2 pages

References: References are not required for this assignment, but be sure to properly cite and reference any if included