Coding the Therapeutic Process

The classic book on codifying the therapeutic encounter

This volume – first published in 1978 – is a manual of visual display systems which offers various forms of notation for recording a patient's kinship network, his living conditions and life events alongside his clinical history. It also indicates ways of recording inner and outer world phenomena.

A convincing plea is made for visual display systems in the place of conventional notes particularly for teaching and research.'

- British Journal of Psychiatry

'The notation used has great promise as an extremely helpful conceptual tool for the group therapist in clinical work and research.'

- American Journal of Psychiatry

'Any way of increasing the usable information content of case notes is to be welcomed, and this manual contains some very useful suggestions, whether the user has read the major book or not. Strongly recommended.'

- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling