Steve de Shazer

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Steve de Shazer (June 25, 1940, Milwaukee – September 11, 2005, Vienna) was a psychotherapist, author, and developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy. In 1978, he founded the Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife Insoo Kim Berg.

He wrote six significant books, translated into 14 languages; wrote many papers; and lectured internationally.

De Shazer was originally trained as a classical musician and worked as a jazz saxophonist. He received a Bachelor in Fine Arts and an MSc in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He never studied at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, even though some rumours has it he did. He was a lifelong friend of John Weakland though, and saw him as his mentor.

De Shazer died in Vienna while traveling on a training and consulting tour in Europe.^[1]

Selected bibliography

de Shazer, Steve (1982). Patterns of Brief Family Therapy: An Ecosystemic Approach. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. ISBN 0-89862-038-4.
de Shazer, Steve (1984). "The death of resistance". Family Process 23: I 1–17.
de Shazer, Steve (1985). Keys to Solution in Brief Therapy. New York, NY: W W Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-70004-6. , [http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=8807, W W Norton page]
de Shazer, Steve (1988). Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy. New York, NY: W W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-70054-2. , [http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=8832, W W Norton page]
de Shazer, Steve (1991). Putting Difference to Work. New York, NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. ISBN 0-393-70110-7.
de Shazer, Steve (1994). Words Were Originally Magic. New York, NY: W W Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-70170-0. , [http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=8941, W W Norton page]
de Shazer, Steve (2005). More than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-focused Therapy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. ISBN 0-7890-3398-4.

References

↑ Gingerich, W. (2006). Obituary: Steve de Shazer. Research On Social Work Practice, 16(5), 549-550.

External links

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 47391187 LCCN: n81104444 ISNI: 0000 0000 8224 6880 GND: 134116364 SUDOC: 091875676

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