Methods for Analysing and Visualising Information
摘要
Counsellors risk losing focus amid the information flood generated by exploratory dialogue; visual methods restore overview while doubling as analytic tools. This chapter presents systemic graphics—selected with care for timing and relational trust —that not only display data but act as interventions in themselves. Each technique is driven by explicit questions or working hypotheses, sparking new inquiries and revealing hidden resources and solution paths. Methods are grouped by ecological level: genogram and family map (microsystem); family-helper, VIP and network maps (meso/exo/macro); wheel of life, timeline and time-travel (chronosystem). Such visuals aid handovers, supervision and client engagement, turning complex social worlds into clear, insight-rich pictures for collaborative action.