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Tribute to Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer
Founders of Solution Focused Brief Therapy

CHRD is pleased to have permission to share the information below, which was initially posted on the website of the Brief Family Therapy Center. Our faculty members and students who were fortunate to learn about the Solution Focused Brief Therapy from inspiring leaders Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer, both now deceased, wish to keep their teachings available to others. These links are offered as a tribute to the tremendous contributions of Insoo and Steve to the helping profession.

 

Listed below are handouts from the respective theorists.

Insoo Kim Berg Steve de Shazer
Insoo Kim Berg Vita
20 minute interview
Books
Building Solutions with Mandated Clients
Case Presentation, Consultation Outline
Collaborative Assessment
For Students Only Handout
Hot Tips
Student's Corner
Indications of Client Engagement
List of Question Lead-In Handout
Paradigm Shift Handout
Solution-Building Procedures Handout
Useful Langauge Skills Handout
Useful Questions for working with Involuntary Clients
Working Assumption about Children Handout
Working Assumptions about Parents Handout
Steve de Shazer Vita
Techniques Q&A
The Miracle Question
Thinking About the Miracle Question
Don't Think, but Observe
Emotions and Scaling Questions
Goals and Solutions
Some SFBT Language
Steve de Shazer Research Fund







 

Counseling & Human Resource Development
Box 507, Wenona Hall
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
Phone: 605-688-4190