He had a strong interest in sociology and anthropology and did research in family therapy of schizophrenia, drugs, depression, and adolescents.
A native of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Speck received his medical degree in 1951 from the University of Toronto.
[3] He taught at Thomas Jefferson University and Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia[3] and at The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.
[3] In September 1969, he coined the concept of Network Therapy in an article co-written with Uri Rueveni.
[3][4][10] He had four sons and three daughters, along with two stepsons, and was previously married to a woman named Margaret.