title: The BRIEFER project: using expert systems as theory construction tools.
abstract: This article describes the development of BRIEFER I and BRIEFER II, expert systems that advise the therapist on selecting, designing, and developing an intervention at the end of the first therapy session. The process of developing expert systems has aided us in describing what brief therapists do, in modeling the intervention design process, and in training brief therapists.
authors.affiliation: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gingerich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Shazer
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D003657:Decision Making; D003663:Decision Trees; D005103:Expert Systems; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011340:Problem Solving; D012985:Software Design