ABSTRACT
Contextual therapy 1 is a comprehensive relational approach, whose ult imate goal is to i n - tegrate the significant premises of al l approaches to psychotherapy, prov ided that they are ethically concerned and contractually responsible in the sense that they take into account the i n - terests of al l the persons whom the therapy potential ly affects. The goal is also to arrive at the most effective prevent ive design. Contextual therapy integrates the systemic v iew of classical family therapy w i th a mul t ip le ind iv idual leve l of dynamics.
