ABSTRACT
We begin with a chapter that almost was not written. Then it was written by Craig and set aside by Bob. Bob, impatient to get on with things, thought that the readers would be less interested in others’ models and more eager to get on with the development of their own. He selectively remembered students “who always skipped Chapter 1 in texts.” Craig demurred: “History is important. Without a solid base in the historical and theoretical development of family therapy, your journey can be seen as arbitrary and capricious. You need to carefully tie what is and will be to what was and is becoming. Our book will be more valuable if the reader sees her or his work as a systemic piece of the developing family therapy profession.” Of course, Craig was correct, and our prepublication reviewers ended the debate. For this book to stand alone in a classroom it must include the historical base and development of family therapy supervision.
