International articles and chapters in books

THE TRIPPLE - LEARNING THE ART OF CELEBRATIONG SUCCESS, pp. 99-104. in: 57 SF Activities. Putting solution focus into action. Edited by Peter Röhring and Jenny Clarke. Solution Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 2008. Originally published in the German version of the same book entitled Solution Tools, ManagerSeminare Verlags GmbH, Bonn 2008.

SOLUTION TALK: THE SOLUTION-ORIENTED WAY OF TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. A chapter in: Michael Hoyt (Ed.) Constructive Therapies. pages 41-66. Guilford Press, New York, 1994.

CRITICISM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY: ATTACK IS THE BEST FORM OF DEFENCE
A paper exploring the various psychological counter-manoeuvres utilised by representatives of the psychotherapeutic establishment to ward off any criticism against psychotherapy by directing it back onto the critic. Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. Human Systems: The Journal of Systemic Consultation and Management, pages 47-56, Vol. 2. (1) 1991.

THE NEVER ENDING STORY: THE PROBLEM AS THE SOLUTION
A paper consisting of three linked cases describing the idea that problems can sometimes be viewed as solutions. Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 1991, Vol. 12, No 1; 53-55.

FOKUS PÅ LÖSNINGAR - EN NY MEGATREND INOM TERAPI
Focus on solutions - a new megatrend in therapy. Co-authored with Eero Riikonen, Sara Vataja and Tapani Ahola. A review of solution focused conversational themes illustrated with the help of sample questions. In Swedish with an English summary. Fokus på familjen 1/91:26-33.

PATHWAYS TO RADICAL RELATIVISM: AN IMPACT ON THERAPY
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. The title should read ...and Impact on Therapy. This paper is a revised version of a previous paper entitled "In Defence of Radical Subjectivism" which appeared originally in the Newsletter of the Society of Family Therapy and Research in 1988. Human Systems: The Journal of Systemic Consultation and Management, Pages 9-21, Vol. 1 (No 1), 1990.

GLASNOST THERAPY: REMOVING THE BARRIERS BETWEEN CLIENT AND THERAPIST
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. This paper discusses a new approach to teaching and consultation where clients, professionals and students are all invited to sit in the same room and communicate openly with each other about any ideas. The Family Therapy Networker May/June 1990, 61-63 & 70.

THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG: A HINDSIGHT VIEW OF THERAPY
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. This paper discusses the idea that what therapists think is the cause of problems is determined by what they intend to do to solve it rather than vice versa. Journal of Family Therapy 1989, Vol. 11:217-230.

ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC BELIEFS
An appraisal of the potential negative effects of the most common etiologic assumptions of psychological problems. Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. Journal of Systems Medicine 1989,7 (No 2):183-195. Also published in German by the title Nachteilige Auswirkung von psychotherapeutischen Annahmen: Eine Anwendung der Attribuierungstheorie auf die kritische Untersuchung der Psychotherapie. Familiendynamik 1990, Vol. 5 (No 4):288-304.

GIVING CONSULTATION TO ONE'S PARENTS: WHAT IS A TASK FOR?
A case study describing the use of a strategic approach where the client is supervised to assist his parents to help him overcome his problems with excessive use of alcohol. Case Studies 1989, 3 (No 1): 19-23.

THE RETURN OF THE QUESTION WHY: THE ADVANTAGES OF EXPLORING PRE-EXISTING EXPLANATIONS
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. Family Process 1988, 27 (No 4): 395-409. A Swedish version of this paper has appeared in "Ficktjuven på nudistlägret".

THE SEVEN ILLUSIONS
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola. A brief constructivist article describing seven different sources of the frequent clinical illusion that what we believe about our clients seems as if it was reality. The Family Therapy Networker 1988, Sept./Oct, 30-31. Another version of this paper has appeared in Swedish in "Ficktjuven p† nudistl„gret".

THE USE OF HUMOUR IN BRIEF THERAPY
Co-authored with Tapani Ahola and published as one of the articles in a special section on humour edited by Richard Belson and Ben Furman. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies 1988, 7 (No 2):3-20.