ABSTRACT
Family therapeutic exchanges offer ways of creating and understanding meanings through dialogue, of healing ruptured emotional attachments and connections, and reconciling conflicting beliefs and actions. Family therapy practices deal primarily with beliefs, intentions, desires, and commitments, and operate within the parameters of subjectivity. The de-centring therapist position begins with the initial contact with the family. De-centring the therapist is a multi-partial position that opens dialogic space for the family to explore and reflect on their interactions and not privilege the views or biases of the therapist. David Campbell continued his work on de-centring the therapist in favour of the ascendance of the family's ability to re-create meaningful relationships. The family therapy field has gone through many phases and periods of heightened and enthusiastic effort, all of which have contributed to the different ways of thinking and practising the trade.
