Insoo Kim Berg

Insoo Kim Berg (born July 25, 1934 in Korea , † January 10, 2007 in Milwaukee ) was an American psychotherapist who had great influence in the fields of therapy , counseling , supervision and coaching . Insoo Kim Berg came to the USA at a young age and founded - together with her husband Steve de Shazer - the Brief Family Therapy Center , or BFTC for short, in Milwaukee in 1978 . Both are considered pioneers of the Solution Focused Approach or the solution-focused short-term therapy , which has become an essential part of systemic therapy . Steve de Shazer died in Vienna in September 2005, Insoo Kim Berg 16 months later. The BFTC had to close in December 2007.

Works

Selection of publications (in German translation)

• Family cohesion (s). A short-therapeutic and solution-oriented workbook. Modern learning, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 3-8080-0360-X
• Step by step solutions. Drug Abuse Treatment Guide. Modern learning, Dortmund 1999, ISBN 3-8080-0440-1
• Finding solutions. The workshop book of solution-oriented short therapy. Modern learning, Dortmund 2002, ISBN 3-8080-0398-7
• (together with Peter Szabó): Short (time) coaching with long-term effects. Borgmann Media, Dortmund 2006, ISBN 978-3-938187-29-6
• Short-term therapy for alcohol problems. 6th edition. Carl Auer, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89670-581-5
• (together with Therese Steiner): Handbook of solution-oriented work with children. 3. Edition. Carl Auer, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-896-70-478-8

Web links

• Literature by and about Insoo Kim Berg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC)
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA)
• Biography of Insoo Kim Berg
• When constructivists wake up to reality. (The Time, 1998)