Introduction to ‘‘Have you heard the latest rumor about . . .? Solution-Focused Therapy as a rumor’’

Anton Stellamans

Abstract

Two authorities in their field sit together in 1998. Steve de Shazer and Gale Miller have been studying what works in therapy for two decades. Their writings and teachings inspire many therapists worldwide to do therapy in a different way. They have stimulated others to describe their findings, and encouraged people to give lectures about this new approach. I imagine them eating Chinese food and talking about the myriad of publications and presentations about SF. They note that some of these descriptions stimulate their thinking. Others make them raise their eyebrows … but instead of excommu- nicating these authors, as pioneers often do, they placidly and wisely accept that this is inevitable. There is not one story to be told about SF, a story that would match with “the truth”.

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