both chronic problems that pop up in one´s own biography as well as for the little snags of everyday life. They are applicable when doing self-counseling as well as in a classical therapeutic setting. Aphoristic counseling confronts the client with a statement concerning a particular matter at hand and prompts the client to take the (chance) saying completely seriously and to accept it as a solution.In aphoristic counseling the therapist challenges clients and offers them space to embrace new and alternative ways of looking at things. This therapeutic form can be employed as a short-term therapy or as part of longer-term counseling. This volume demonstrates the various ways in which such sayings can be applied in social work, therapy and continuing education.