ABSTRACT
“Postmodernism” is a term heard with increasing frequency in the family therapy field today. The term relates to a range of theories and approaches that share common assumptions about the nature of reality (that it is socially constructed), the nature of language (that it is fundamentally political), and the nature of problems (that they are understood within relationships). While much has been discussed and written about the philosophy of postmodern approaches in family therapy, many family thera-pists have found it a difficult set of concepts to put into practice. Here we offer a simplified presentation of a postmodern technique that might be readily incorporated into other counseling approaches. We hope it will serve as an invitation for the reader to become further involved in postmodern perspectives of clinical practice.
