Inferring the Relational System: Interactional Therapy within a Constructivist Paradigm

This paper describes and demonstrates the application of constructivist concepts to interactional therapy. The usefulness of a constructivist paradigm when working with an individual client is noted, and the interactional patterns of the relevant system members are shown to be inferred. Additionally, the use of "constructivist questions" to manage the client's "reality" is presented. A constructivist framework is shown to provide a unique and useful orientation for the conceptualization of interactional therapy with an individual client.