ABSTRACT
The case presented here was informed by the systemic model of the Brief Therapy Center (BTC) of the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, California (Fisch, Weakland & Segal, 1982; Fisch & Schlanger, 1999; Fisch, Ray & Schlanger, 2009; Weakland, Fisch, Watzlawick, & Bodin, 1974). The therapy took place in a community care program at a university clinic in Mexico City. The community that is served comes from the conurbation of the eastern zone of Mexico City – the population is of low economic resources and low socio-cultural level, with conditions of poverty and urban overcrowding.183
