title: Missing links: the use of enthymemes and their applications for family therapists.
abstract: The enthymeme is a rhetorical concept that has been defined in a number of ways throughout the ages. A review of these definitions creates space for a broad enthymematic concept based on the various descriptions, rather than on a limiting, "definitive" definition. A number of examples are offered--from the work of Milton Erickson on hypnosis and from nonhypnotic therapy sessions--that demonstrate the presence and usefulness of enthymemes in family therapy dialogue.
authors.affiliation: Nova University's Family Therapy Associates, Nova University School of Social and Systemic Studies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bertram
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D014705:Verbal Behavior