ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on interventions generated during the course of consultation. In many ways, consultation itself is an intervention since it is a variation in the routine of the consultee’s life and may bring about change simply through the process itself. Talking about a problem with the consultant may be enough to bring relief to the consultee. Hylander (2004) calls this phenomenon a magic turning, when, following a consultation session, the consultee’s relationship with the client improves without an obvious change in conceptualization or behavior. The change in relationship may come about as a result of the discharge of anxiety and emotion that occurs in the process of talking openly about a problem, or in subtle insights that come to mind during a dialogue. After the first session with the consultant, the consultee may simply be more relaxed around the client and the client responds favorably.
