Bsst Profile

Founded by the 700 participants who joined the 1° European Convention (Arezzo, November 2003 “together to discussed the evolution of mental health problems, by the comparison of the Models developed by psychotherapy and research in the last decades, in Europe and in the rest of the world.

Thanks to that comparison it has been pointed out how the European researchers were able to set up advanced treatment protocols for particular pathologies and also the formulation of communicative techniques that extremely increased their efficacy and efficiency, either in clinical or in organizational context.

Realizing the scientific importance that all this could mean, they decided to create a network called “Brief Strategic and Systemic Therapy Network”, as a basic meeting point for the presentation of the most advanced researches whether in the field of communication or mental and behavior disorders.

In order to attain this object they involved the most renowned exponents, who were committed to amplify the researches to an international level and compare the models to different cultures and social context.

Their objects consisted to increase the treatment efficacy and efficiency, to simplify the publications and set up meetings in order to create a professional élite.

Professor Giorgio Nardone was elected unanimously as network coordinator.

Mission:

1. The first network object is to offer to its members the lasts news about the most advanced psychological researches, in order to focus on the best and most brief treatment of mental disorders.

1. Moreover, identify communicative and problem solving models able to start the needed change.

Goals reached:

1. We have created an international web consisting in more than 1300 members in over 30 states, including the President, the Associations Directors, the psychological and communication institutes research and the clinical institutes.

1. The publication online of “Brief Strategic Systemic Therapy European Review” (ISSN 1826-3992) divulgated free all over the world, in order to spread the most important researches notes and stimulate the interactions between training, practice, theory and research.

BSST’S MEMBERS

Honorary President

Prof. Paul Watzlawick

Coordinator

Prof. Giorgio Nardone

Founders Commitee
Prof. Paul Watzlawick, Prof. Mony Elkaim, Prof. Teresa Garcia, Prof. Stefan Geyerhofer, Prof. Camillo Loriedo, Prof. Giorgio Nardone, Prof. Ray Wendel, Prof. Jean Jacques Wittezaele

Scientific Commetee

Prof. Mony Elkaim, Prof. Teresa Garcia, Prof. Stefan Geyerhofer, Prof. Guglielmo Gulotta, Prof. Camillo Loriedo, Prof. Enrico Molinari, Prof. Giorgio Nardone, Prof. Wendel Ray, Prof. Pio E. Ricci Bitti, Prof. Alessandro Salvini, Prof. Gunther Schmidt, Prof. Saulo Sirigatti, Prof. Jean Jacques Wittezaele