This form of systemic therapy works with clients when they want to improve or make some changes in their lives.

Working with individuals means clarifying that conflicts remain due to the interpretation we give to different behaviors and experiences. From a systemic perspective, we focus on relationships with other significant people who influence our present and past. We also look at the family of origin, the individual’s relationship to society, and the development of the individual’s personality and the therapeutic relationship.

The narrative of the person is the basis of this work. However, we use different methods and therapeutic tools that help to bring the perspective of significant others into the therapeutic setting. Among these tools I can mention the circular questions, the clarification of family contracts, the context of the problem, the hypothetical questions of improvement and deterioration, the closing comments and the role reflection. The various social systems in which a person participates can be visualized using methods such as time line and genogram.

* According to von Schlippe and Schweitzer