ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors aim to the interview, they are more interested in addressing the question: 'If the purpose of the interview is family therapy what is the purpose of family therapy for this family in this particular setting?' This might lead to a hypothesis about what relationship a therapist might need to make with a family in that setting, in order to create a therapeutic system. The authors take the view that whoever comes to an interview is in some sense a loser, but is also a person through whom change can be introduced into the family's belief system. Therefore, if it is possible for the therapist to interview those who do come, he or she will understand something about the family's view of change. A hypothesis is no longer useful when the therapist is no longer interested, perhaps blaming the family for not telling him what he wants to hear.
