In order to understand the familial and social relationships of ones clients, the therapist can use various means to depict the ongoing therapy and counseling processes. Genograms and network analysis are the best-known tools to this [...] is the present life situation of the client and what is the clients history? What is the structure of the clients family and what resources do clients have at their disposal? These are the things a counselor needs to know before beginning to work with the clients system.Jürgen Beushausen presents a number of case examples to illustrate three methods for looking at the client and the clients world: the genogram, the network analysis and the visual analysis. Of particular practical interest in all forms of psychosocial work is the downloadable annotated manual for creating genograms.