Joaquín Astorga

Introduction to Clinical Psychology from the Systemic Approach                Hi everyone! As I had told you in the first post, I'm a third year psychology student. In this sense, in the sixth semester it's time to take optional subjects that are of interest to us in the wide spectrum of the different lines of psychology, and there was one in particular that was my favorite: Introduction to Clinical Psychology from the Systemic Approach . In summary, this subject is an introduction to systemic psychology, which is defined as a branch of both theoretical psychology and applied psychology that studies human behavior and experience as complex systems. It's based on the theoretical work of Roger Barker, Gregory Bateson, Humberto Maturana and others. This approach focuses on the study of the different systems that affect the subject, such as family, work, the culture of the country where they live, etc. The truth is that I took this subject because I did not know much about syst

          The photo seems simple, but it brings back endless memories. To begin with, in the photo I'm next to my father - and Sensei - holding the Chilean flag. We were competing in Asunción, Paraguay. It was an Open Pan American Martial Arts Championship, where there were competitors from many disciplines, such as karate, taekwondo, kyokushin, kung fu, etc. This memory is very important in my life because of the context behind it. My dad had retired from competitions about 25 years ago, dedicating himself totally to teaching karate, and that year he decided to give me something very special and symbolic for my birthday: to compete with me in that great tournament. We were teammates, representing Copiapó and Chile. The process was long; The previous months we trained a lot to go to win the first place in our respective categories. And so it was, we were both Pan American champions. In addition, we competed together in a category that is by teams, called “Team Kata” (a kind of chor