Luigi Boscolo, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and systemic therapist, was part of the original Milan systemic team, led by Mara Selvini Palazzoli. He co-founded and co-directed the Centro Milanese di Terapia della Famiglia with Gianfranco Cecchin. He is also the co-author of Paradox and Counterparadox (1978), Milan Systemic Family Therapy (1987), and Systemic Therapy with Individuals (1996).Paolo Bertrando, psychiatrist and systemic therapist, was trained in Milan by Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin. After 20 years as trainer at the Centro Milanese di Terapia della Famiglia, he founded with Claudia Lini the Systemic-Dialogical School in Bergamo (Italy). He is the author of, among others, Systemic Therapy with Individuals (1996, with Luigi Boscolo), The Dialogical Therapist (2007), and Emotions and the Therapist (2015).

• Series co-editor forewordForeword by Alan CooklinPrologueNote to the textForeword 1993 by Helm StierlinIntroduction1. A journey in time: the beginning 2. Reasoning about time 3. Models of interactive time: family time 4. The observer and time 5. Times in consultation and therapy 6. Past into present 7. Future into present 8. Time and rituals 9. Three clinical cases 10. The two Messiahs AppendixesReferences Index

Luigi Boscolo, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and systemic therapist, was part of the original Milan systemic team, led by Mara Selvini Palazzoli. He co-founded and co-directed the Centro Milanese di Terapia della Famiglia with Gianfranco Cecchin. He is also the co-author of Paradox and Counterparadox (1978), Milan Systemic Family Therapy (1987), and Systemic Therapy with Individuals (1996).Paolo Bertrando, psychiatrist and systemic therapist, was trained in Milan by Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin. After 20 years as trainer at the Centro Milanese di Terapia della Famiglia, he founded with Claudia Lini the Systemic-Dialogical School in Bergamo (Italy). He is the author of, among others, Systemic Therapy with Individuals (1996, with Luigi Boscolo), The Dialogical Therapist (2007), and Emotions and the Therapist (2015).

• Series co-editor forewordForeword by Alan CooklinPrologueNote to the textForeword 1993 by Helm StierlinIntroduction1. A journey in time: the beginning 2. Reasoning about time 3. Models of interactive time: family time 4. The observer and time 5. Times in consultation and therapy 6. Past into present 7. Future into present 8. Time and rituals 9. Three clinical cases 10. The two Messiahs AppendixesReferences Index