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.