Table of Contents

Editors' Foreword -- Preface -- Theory -- An evolving theory -- Working systemically -- Therapeutic process -- Cases -- Therapy with a predominantly strategic-systemic approach -- Systemic therapy cases

About the Author

Paolo Bertrando MD, PhD, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was on the faculty of the Milan Centre for Family Therapy from 1993 to 2013. He is currently the Director of the Systemic-Dialogical School of Psychotherapy in Bergamo, Italy. Dr Bertrando is Associate Editor for Italy of the 'British Journal of Family Therapy'. He is the author of several scientific articles and books including 'The Times of Time' and 'Systemic Therapy with Individuals', both with Luigi Boscolo, and 'The Dialogical Therapist'. His current interests are in the emotional dynamics of systemic therapy, the analysis of contexts in systemic theory and practice, and the consequences of economical and social change on therapists and clients.

Reviews

'The book is timely in several ways. As proponents of different models increasingly exchange their ideas, there is greater mutual influence and breaking down of traditional barriers. This book demonstrates the value of applying a range of techniques to therapy. Also the book addresses the need for practitioners, and increasingly clients, to justify their expenditure of time. This model makes the most efficient use of the therapist's resources and also the clients' pace for therapeutic change.'- From the Forward by David Campbell & Ros Draper, Series Editors