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Book SynopsisLike 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 more. Illustrative case examples are featured throughout.
Trade Review"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, [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
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Some Stories Are Better than Others, Michael F. Hoyt
2. On Ethics and the Spiritualities of the Surface: A Conversation with Michael White, Michael F. Hoyt and Gene Combs
3. Solution Building and Language Games: A Conversation with Steve de Shazer, Michael F. Hoyt
4. Welcome to Possibilityland: A Conversation with Bill O'Hanlon, Michael F. Hoyt
5. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from a Narrative Constructivist Perspective: A Conversation with Donald Meichenbaum, Michael F. Hoyt
6. Consulting the Problem about the Problematic Relationship: An Exercise for Experiencing a Relationship with an Externalized Problem, Sallyann Roth and David Epston
7. Narrative Approaches with Children Labeled "ADHD," David Nylund and Victor Corsiglia
8. A Solution-Focused Approach to Safety in Cases of Domestic Violence, Charles E. Johnson and Jeffrey Goldman
9. When the Past is Present: A Conversation about EMDR and the MRI Interactional Approach, Clifford Levin, Francine Shapiro, and John Weakland
10. The Relational Self: The Expanding of Love Beyond Desire, Stephen G. Gilligan
11. No Self? No Problem! Actualizing Empty Self in Psychotherapy, Robert Rosenbaum and John Dyckman
12. Core Transformation: A Brief Therapy Approach to Emotional and Spiritual Healing, Connirae Andreas and Tamara Andreas
13. A Golfer's Guide to Brief Therapy (With Footnotes for Baseball Fans), Michael F. Hoyt
14. Three Styles of Constructive Therapy, Haim Omer
15. Resource-Focused Therapy, Bradford Kenney and Wendel Ray
16. Postmodernism, the Relational Self, Constructive Therapies, and Beyond: A Conversation with Gergen, Michael F. Hoyt
Appendix A: Songs for Constructive Therapists
Appendix B: Unmuddying the Waters
