Arild Aambo, Oslo, Norway: Keep it clean and simple!Corina Ahlers, Vienna, Austria: Memories of Steve and InsooMarianne and Kaspar Baeschlin, Winterthur, Switzerland: Steve de Shazer and educatorsJanet Beavin Bavelas, Victoria, BC, Canada: Memories of Steve and InsooHans Benniks, Hilversum, The Netherlands: How Steve de Shazer has influenced my life as a therapistUrsula Buhlmann-Stahli, Bern, Switzerland: Encounters for lifeHelene Dellucci, Lyon, France: My encounter with Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim BergKirsten Dierolf, Frankfurt, Germany: Found in translationYvonne Dolan, Chicago, USA: Hope is in the details, good days and bad daysHeinrich Dreesen, Bremen, Germany: A talking shirt and three orangesWolfgang and Marianne Gaiswinkler Roessler, Vienna, Austria: Our learning journeyEvan George, London, UK: Just a bunch of talkWallace J. Gingerich, Cleveland, USA: Observing what worksJoachim Hesse, Euskirchen, Germany: The miracle question as the beginning of a potentially wonderful healingDebbie Hogan, Singapore, Republic of Singapore: A lasting legacySvea van der Hoorn, Cape Town, South Africa: Tragedy excavating to compost-making: A journey that has progressed while reading Minimal Elegance by Steve de ShazerMichael F. Hoyt, San Rafael, California, USA: Remembering Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim BergLuc Isebaert, Bruges, Belgium: Steve in BrugesPeter De Jong, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA: My time with Steve and Insoo in MilwaukeePeter Kaimer, Bamberg, Germany: Markers in rough terrain: Three memories of Steve & InsooEsther Maria Keil, Berlin, Germany: KonsteveziusHarry Korman, Malmo, Sweden: Meeting Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim BergJan Kuipers, Groningen, The Netherlands: Respectful - Patient - Creative - Original - Unique: an encounter with Insoo Kim BergJacek Lelonkiewicz, Lodz, Poland: Miracles, earthquakes and lessonsEve Lipchik, Milwaukee, USA: MemoriesKurt Ludewig, Munster, Germany: The return to useful practice - or 'What I owe to Steve among other things'Alasdair J. Macdonald, Carlisle, UK: Meeting Steve and InsooMark McKergow, London, UK: Steve de Shazer: A different kind of cleverness (...and Paul Gonslaves)Gale Miller, Milwaukee, USA: A guy from Milwaukee: Memories of Steve de ShazerScott. D. Miller, Chicago, USA: Harumph and hard work: Five years with Steve de Shazer and Insoo Berg at BFTCThorana S. Nelson, Utah, USA: MemoriesPlamen Panayotov, Rousse, Bulgaria: Farewell to Insoo and SteveHarvey Ratner, London, UK: Insoo: A woman of many partsGudrun Sickinger, Bremen, Germany: The wonder of the miracle question - you may wonder...Therese Steiner, Embrach, Switzerland: Some memoriesPhilip Streit, Graz, Austria: So dry, so warm, so austere, so emotional - Steve de Shazer's exciting therapyVratislav Strnad, Prague, Czech Republic: Paradigmatic Suspense Summoned up by SFBT with Steve and InsooPeter Sundman, Helsinki, Finland: Be creative! - Steve's motto for how to develop solution-focused practicePeter Szabo, Basel, Switzerland: Time with Steve and InsooFrank N. Thomas, Ford Worth, Texas, USA: Recursive memories of Insoo and SteveTerry S. Trepper, Chicago, USA: We have chairs hereCoert Visser, Utrecht, The Netherlands: You don't know what a mountain is, do you?Manfred Vogt, Bremen, Germany: A question of attitudeMichele Weiner-Davis, Boulder, USA: Thoughts of Steve and InsooJohn Wheeler, Newcastle, UK: Memories of Insoo and SteveFerdinand Wolf, Hornstein, Austria: Three episodes with Steve de Shazer: personal and professional Sabine Zehnder Schlapbach, Bern, Switzerland: After 10 years Steve and Insoo are still ever present!Yvonne Dolan, Chicago, USA: Recipes from MilwaukeeAcknowledgements Abbreviations