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