Steve de Shazer

The late Steve de Shazer, founder and director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a psychotherapist, author of six renowned books, and developer and pioneer of solution-focused brief therapy.

Steve de Shazer

The late Steve de Shazer, founder and director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a psychotherapist, author of six renowned books, and developer and pioneer of solution-focused brief therapy.

Books by Steve de Shazer

  • Putting Difference to Work

    Steve de Shazer

    Paperback, 2008

  • Keys to Solution in Brief Therapy

    Steve de Shazer

    Paperback, 1985

    This book describes a general view of solutions and how they work and of related specific procedures that have been developed during 15 years of doing and studying brief therapy.
  • Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy

    Steve de Shazer

    Paperback, 1988

    How do solutions develop? This question leads de Shazer to a provocative discussion of all the solution-related things that client and therapist do during a session, which ultimately point to a...
  • Words Were Originally Magic

    Steve de Shazer

    Paperback, 1994

    While this book evolves naturally from de Shazer's earlier works, here he abandons his characteristically terse style.