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Hardly over a year ago I interviewed Insoo about the recent loss of her colleague and life partner Steve de Shazer as part of a special tribute remembering him, which would be published in Journal of Systemic Therapies. It's hard to believe that we are now publishing this tribute to Insoo Kirn Berg.
I was first introduced to Insoo in 1992 regarding a proposed collaborative training project with BFTC. I was in awe of her and said something like, "I'm honoured to meet you and am very excited about the idea of working with you." Without hesitating she said, "Jim, I'm going to turn you upside down." In the years to follow, she did just that! I suspect that many of you who are reading this remembrance had a similar experience with her.
Insoo Kim Berg made a powerful contribution to our professional and personal lives. She touched us in ways that will leave a lasting legacy. I am confident that like myself, you will find familiar resonance as Michael Durrant and others reflect on their relationships with Insoo.
Jim Duvall
Editor, JST
INSOO KIM BERG
Insoo Kim Berg, one of the co-founders of the Solution-focused approach, died suddenly on January 10, 2007 at home in Milwaukee.
As well as her international reputation as a pre-eminent Solution-Focused Brief Therapist and Trainer, Insoo was widely known within the therapy community through her involvement in the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, the Wisconsin Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers and the European Brief Therapy Association, and also her membership of a number of journal editorial boards, including the Journal of Marriage & Family Therapy, Families in Society, Family Process and the Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies (the forerunner to this journal).
Insoo was the professional and life partner of Steve de Shazer and together they were part of the team that developed Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and they were very much the parents of the Solution-Focused community worldwide ( or ... if not the parents ... at least the Great Aunt and Uncle!). Steve died a little more than a year ago, following a long illness. Insoo continued with seemingly undiminished energy, crossing the globe, speaking at conferences and...