ABSTRACT
Campbell David was born and bred in America and trained there, he has been working as a clinical psychologist in the British National Health Service for twenty-four years. As a systemic practitioner for most of that time, he began applying his systemic ideas to consultation in small units within the health service, social services, or education, such as multidisciplinary teams, area teams, or school staff groups. He also works as a freelance consultant, which has taken him further afield to do work with private sector organizations. Campbell describes his model of consultation to organizations. Once the "contract" has been agreed, he plans a loose structure for the consultation work. Campbell illustrates his ideas by referring to ongoing consultation work he has been doing with Refuge, an agency of about fifteen staff providing therapeutic and counselling services to political refugees and victims of torture.
