Dealing with time in psychotherapy

Social requirements of shortness and efficiency influence the psychotherape utical situation in many ways. Based on this background the author first de als with the concept of time which showed mythic features in Sigmund Freud' s writings while today we assume linear processes. This has a direct effect in dealing with. therapy time where currently short-time therapies dominat e. An understanding of therapy time as a setting variable enables a structu ring procedure in both out-patient and in-patient therapies where the end o f therapy is included early. The article ends with some remarks on how the therapist handles his time.