Giorgio Nardone is Director of the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Psychotherapy, located in Arezzo, Italy, and of the School of Managerial Training in Communication and Strategic Problem Solving, located in Arezzo and Florence, Italy. He is co-founder, along with Paul Watzlawick, of the Centro di Terapia Strategica where he conducts work as a psychotherapist, professor and researcher. He has authored and co-authored nearly 30 publications, many of which have been translated from Italian into English, Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese.

Alessandro Salvini is Scientific Director of the Psychology and Psychotherapy Institute "Psicopraxis" of Padua and School of Specialization in Psychotherapy-Interactive. He was formerly Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Padua and President of the College of Professors of Clinical Psychology of Italian Universities. He is the author of numerous scientific publications, including eight books.