This article considers personal reflections on 'beginnings' as a tri-lensed experience amongst three systemic family therapy colleagues based in a CAMHS team: Paula, a lead family therapist; Marianne, a more recently qualified family therapist in the first year of a professional systemic doctorate and Sam, a foundation-level systemic trainee. We hope to bring forth experiences of 'beginnings' across the lifecycle of family therapy, holding in mind individual and shared narratives from personal, professional and training contexts
