“…In time, Hoffman (1981Hoffman ( , 1985 and others (e.g., Anderson & Goolishan, 1992;Keeney, 1983) called for second-order systems thinking; a shift that included acknowledging the influence of our own context and viewpoint on how we "know" families with whom we work. This allows us to conceptualize sets of alternatives within interconnecting systems and effectively respond, providing a framework for how to integrate heightened sociocultural awareness more effectively across our practices (McDowell, Knudson-Martin, & Bermudez, 2018). Social constructivists ushered in yet another shift, challenging the very foundations of our advent as uniquely relying on systems theory to understand families (Dickerson, 2014) and expanding the focus on social context.…”