Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is an innovative approach to psychotherapy that synthesizes an awareness of the defensive role of anxiety, depression, and other common presenting problems - with an analysis of the phases of group development. This volume from SCT originator Agazarian introduces the theory of living human systems and maps out its operationlization in a structured treatment model. Shifting the central focus from self to system, the book explicates methods, such as functional subgrouping and boundarying, and shows how active intervention in the group process can direct the energy of members toward the goals of therapy. Extensive illustrative dialogues elucidate the ways that the SCT approach both frees groups from unproductive patterns and helps members achieve an authentic, and integrated experience of the here-and-now. This book should be of value to practioners and trainees in group and individual psychotherapy, including both SCT specialists and those working in other approaches.