Introduction to Creativity and Family Therapy Theory Development
Lessons from the founders of Solution-Focused Therapy
Jan 5, 2025
Abstract
David Kiser and Fred Piercy’s article from 2001 is based on interviews with the founders of the Solution Focused approach: Insoo Kim Berg, Jim Derks, Steve de Shazer, Wallace Gingerich, Marilyn Lacourt, Eve Lipchik, Alex Molnar, Don Norum, Elam Nunnally, John Walter, Michelle Weiner-Davis, Jim Wilk; and on interviews with Bill O’Hanlon, John Weakland and Lyman Wynne. It makes fasci- nating reading for us today. On the one hand, it offers valuable insights into the foundation of SF (how it happened) and on the other it is uncannily modern and offers us a glimpse into the problems a tightly knit community of outsiders faces when it is starting to become visible and successful (sound familiar?). I want to thank all SFCT members for making it possible for us to buy the rights to this article which would otherwise have slumbered inaccessibly in the vaults of university libraries.
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Kirsten Dierolf
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Kirsten Dierolf is an internationally renowned Author, Owner of the Solutions Academy and Coach, recognized for her immense contribution to SF around the world.