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Constructive Therapies
Michael F. Hoyt (Ed.)
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Description for Constructive Therapies
Hardcover. This engaging book presents a range of creative, time-effective approaches for helping clients build on their competencies and develop their own solutions. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Like its predecessor, Constructive Therapies, Volume 1, this engaging book presents a range of creative, time-effective approaches for helping clients build on their competencies and develop their own solutions. In-depth interviews with Michael White, Steve de Shazer, Bill O'Hanlon, Donald Meichenbaum, and Kenneth Gergen are incorporated with other clinically oriented chapters from well-known therapists. Topics covered include different styles of constructive therapy, the externalization and deconstruction of problems, narrative work with ADHD-diagnosed children, a solution-focused approach for dealing with cases of domestic violence, EMDR and the MRI interactional approach, actualizing the empty self in psychotherapy, emotional and spiritual healing, and ... Read moremore. Illustrative case examples are featured throughout.
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Product Details
Publisher
Guilford Publications United States
Place of Publication
New York, United States
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About Michael F. Hoyt (Ed.)
Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, is Director of Adult Psychiatric Services at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, California, and serves on the Clinical Faculty of the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco. Widely published on brief therapy and related topics, Dr. Hoyt is the author of Brief Therapy and Managed Care (1995), coeditor (with Simon H. Budman ... Read moreand Steven Friedman) of The First Session in Brief Therapy (Guilford, 1992), and editor of volume one of Constructive Therapies (Guilford, 1994). A multitheoretical thinker and expert clinician, he is an internationally respected lecturer. Show Less
Reviews for Constructive Therapies
"Michael Hoyt and his band of colleagues have done a brilliant job of presenting many innovations that should help clinicians make therapy more constructive and effective. Highly recommended!" - Insoo Kim Berg, MSW "This book is an excellent chance to catch up with what the foremost brief psychotherapists in the world are thinking about....Like an astute coach of sport, ... Read more[the editor] is keen on bringing to his readers the technical differences that make a difference....Readers, beginner or experienced, are likely to find some clarity here for themselves." - James P. Gustafson, MD "A home page' for clinicians who want to reprogram their treatment with depth and vitality....Practical and eminently readable." - Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD "Bringing together diverse authors and perspectives, this book provides an accessible introduction to a range of postmodern therapies. It has provided many unique and sparkling ideas to students in my family therapy class, and I have used chapters from it in other classes as well." - Jerry Gale, PhD Show Less
