This book was written for systemic practitioners in all psychosocial fields. It provides a set of practical everyday tools as well as being a reference book full of specific and helpful information - of particular importance to anyone learning the trade or in their first years of practice. The authors, experienced in training, consultation, therapy and supervising, take the reader step by step through the various phases of systemic work: observation, understanding, recording of information, clarification, forming hypothesis, defining aims, planning and application.

Systemic methods can be learned. Precondition is a structured approach, variety of methodological knowledge and theoretical basics - Schwing and Fryszer offer such a "tool kit" supplemented with their practical experiences.