The ‘non-present’ client,the flecting team and even more dialogues: towards third-order cybernetics

We propose a new model of therapy which involves working with ‘nonpresent’ clients, argue that this is the only theoretically consistent way of avoiding pathologization, discrimination and abuses of power, and suggest new concepts and practices to aid in the development of this way of working. Since postmodernism has the effect of enabling multiple and contradictory interpretations of texts, readers may find themselves invited to adopt a range of positions from serious reflection to laughter.