Most psychotherapies orient around a particular time focus. Some em-phasize a historical perspective while others attend to the here-and-now.A growing number of contemporary therapies arefocusing on thefutureas well. This article demonstrates how combining solution-based andnarrative techniques with genogram construction spans all three temporalfoci-past, present, and future-allowing therapists greater opportunity to attend to the diversity of perspectives brought by clients.
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