The Times of Time: A Perspective on Time in Systemic Therapy and Consultation : Routledge : 9780367226497 : 0367226499 : 15 Jul 2019 : This is the most comprehensive study of the role of time in psychotherapy. It illustrates how time is experienced in different ways ? individual time, family time, and social time ? and how time can act as an invaluable metaphor in shaping clinical practice within a systemic approach, while maintaining connections with other approaches, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies. A seminal volume on this topic, the book looks at issues such as the duration of therapy; the relevance of past, present, and future in therapy; and the balance of memory and oblivion. It also includes a discussion of how time is framed in other disciplines, including sociology, history, and psychopathology, whilst exploring the concept in practical terms through case vignettes and complete case histories, including the transcripts of actual sessions. The reader is thus gi