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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Eva,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>The responses below are from a similar
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Steve Wolinski" <<A
href="mailto:swolinski@mn.rr.com">swolinski@mn.rr.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "'Punya Upadhyaya, Ph.D.'" <<A
href="mailto:punya@laplaza.org">punya@laplaza.org</A>>; "'Fritz Walter
Organisationsberatung'" <<A
href="mailto:walter.berlin@snafu.de">walter.berlin@snafu.de</A>>; <<A
href="mailto:ailist@lists.business.utah.edu">ailist@lists.business.utah.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:54 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: RE: [Ailist] history of ai or family tree required</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>> The "miracle
question" that is often used, to great effect, with AI, is<BR>> directly
taken from Solution Focused Therapy. I believe it was Steve de<BR>>
Shazer and Kim Insoo Berg who invented it. I was trained by Berg as
a<BR>> family therapist and the miracle question was always a
wonderful<BR>> therapeutic option to use. I find that it is one of the
questions in AI<BR>> protocols that get the biggest "wow" response from
clients. In the<BR>> early days the brief family therapy "gurus" were
always on the look for<BR>> the next miracle question or big impact
therapeutic intervention. They<BR>> came up with a couple more -- but
the miracle question was definitely<BR>> the most elegant and
effective. <BR>> <BR>> The postmodern/brief family therapists in
many regards transformed the<BR>> field of psychotherapy. There is
still a ton to be taken from them in<BR>> terms of theory and
technique. I think it was Jay Haley who about 20<BR>> years ago stated
that "resistance is dead". He was challenging<BR>> therapists to
"reframe" what they saw as clients being resistant as,<BR>> instead, clients
trying to tell therapists how to better help them.<BR>> Haley didn't think
there was such a thing as a resistant client -- just<BR>> impatient
therapists! I think that the OD field would benefit immensely<BR>> from
adopting a similar conception of clients. Haley and his wife, Cloe<BR>>
Madanes, were some of the second generation family systems people who<BR>>
greatly influenced the solution focused/oriented/brief therapy<BR>>
originators. Haley helped originate and popularize the "reframing"<BR>>
technique. <BR>> <BR>> A seminal influence on all of these folks is
Milton Erickson. I see<BR>> Gregory Bateson and the MRI group as the
"Freud" figure to family<BR>> systems and Milton Erickson is equivalent to
Karl Jung. Milton was in<BR>> large part responsible for such wonderful
ideas such as "prescribing the<BR>> resistance" and "paradoxical
interventions". He is also largely<BR>> credited with the concepts and
insights that launched neurolinguistic<BR>> programming (NLP) which made a
big splash in the OD field a dozen years<BR>> or so ago.<BR>> <BR>> I
know that some of the therapists who are skilled in the postmodern<BR>>
approaches feel a certain degree of skepticism, or even disdain, for AI.<BR>>
What I gather from their comments is that they see is as too simple and<BR>>
formulaic to be credible. I have gone from being a family systems<BR>>
trained, postmodern therapist to a postmodern OD consultant, and active<BR>>
user and believer in AI. My opinion is that individual, marriage,
and<BR>> family therapy is a great deal more difficult than OD work.
The work is<BR>> harder, the pay is way worse, and the positive outcomes much
more<BR>> incremental. The reason I say this is that I think it is hard
for these<BR>> therapists see the incredible outcomes that AI begets.
AI often results<BR>> in big, positive, systemic shifts with huge groups of
people. We are<BR>> talking about global social change. I think
it must be hard to hear<BR>> about how great AI is -- when they have been
using similar techniques<BR>> for 20 years. And that it is hard to hear
about how great AI when they<BR>> are having to convince an insurance company
to cover three sessions (at<BR>> $50 an hour) that are used to keep a 14 year
old trauma survivor from<BR>> committing suicide. <BR>> <BR>>
Steve Wolinski, MS, LP, LMFT<BR>> Taos/Tilburg Doctoral
Program<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:ailist-bounces@lists.business.utah.edu">ailist-bounces@lists.business.utah.edu</A><BR>>
[mailto:ailist-bounces@lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Punya<BR>>
Upadhyaya, Ph.D.<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:49 AM<BR>> To:
Fritz Walter Organisationsberatung; <A
href="mailto:ailist@lists.business.utah.edu">ailist@lists.business.utah.edu</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [Ailist] history of ai or family tree required<BR>> <BR>>
Dear Fritz,<BR>> <BR>> There are several roots for the formation of AI,
but Solution Focused<BR>> therapy is not one. It is a kindred idea, just like
Asset Based<BR>> Community<BR>> Development is a kindred idea in the
development world.<BR>> <BR>> The formal intellectual source is generally
'Social Constructionist'<BR>> theory,<BR>> which begins with Vico a few
hundred years ago, goes through some<BR>> post-Marxist analysis, e.g. Berger
and Luckman, and the immediate idea<BR>> that<BR>> prompts David and
Suresh and their colleagues at Case is Ken Gergen's<BR>> notion<BR>> of
'generative theory'.<BR>> <BR>> A related intellectual issue is the
general problem of action research<BR>> which<BR>> was the frame for much
of the early work published on AI. It is not a<BR>> psychological venture, as
much as it is a social change process. The<BR>> development of the theory was
in a 'grounded' mode (e.g. Glaser and<BR>> Strauss)<BR>> and is really
built on the experience of a team at Case Western.<BR>> <BR>> Last, when
you read the papers, there is an obvious theological<BR>> influence,<BR>>
notably Gabriel Marcel, and other tropes. Some of this is common to all<BR>>
EuroAmerican social science, but some of this is specifically notable<BR>>
for<BR>> AI. Empirically, it has usually done very well in Church
related<BR>> organizations, which 'get' it quickly.<BR>> <BR>> Hope
this helps,<BR>> <BR>> Punya<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Punya Upadhyaya,
Ph.D.<BR>> Cell: (505) 770-7718<BR>> <A
href="mailto:punya@laplaza.org">punya@laplaza.org</A><BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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<DIV><BR><BR>----------<BR>From: Eva P Svensson
<eva@epshumaninvest.se><BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR>Subject:
AI and Solution focused management?<BR>Date: Sat, May 28, 2005, 4:26
AM<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>Hello dear list members!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
size=2>Sometimes I have heard here in Sweden of Lösningsfokuserat arbetssätt
- Solutions focused management I believe is the English term. And today
Istumbled over a webpage and I have been searching around there for a bit.
It says that the method was invented or described by Steve de Shazer och
Insoo Kim Berg from Brief Family Therapy Centre, Milwaukee, USA. And as I
understand its used for example in short time therapy but also in
groups/companies to create better work environment, improve teamwork and
results.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=2> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>My
question is if anyone of you know what the difference is between a Solution
focused approach and Appreciative inquiry? Both talk about focus on whats
working, that the answer is within us</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
size=2> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>All the best from a soon to be
summer weather and the west coast of Sweden</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
size=2>Eva</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT color=#993366>Bästa hälsningar</FONT>
<BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR><FONT color=#993366><FONT size=5>Eva P
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