ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the importance of working with context in the way the author work. It shows that there are different ways of working with context rather than one correct way and the author’s client and he need to discuss context and then agree on ways of dealing with it during therapy. When a client discusses their problems in general terms, in contrast, although the type of situations in which the person experiences their general problems is usually clear, the context described lacks a specific referent. In describing a context in which their problem occurred, a client is referring to aspects that could theoretically be verified by a video camera with an audio channel. The chapter discusses that Flexibility-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy’s preferred strategy should not override more pluralistic concerns such as the client’s view of how best to proceed. It discusses which involves helping clients understand why they make the same inferences time and again.
