"Constructive Therapies will give the reader clear insight into the solution-oriented model. There are numerous case examples, including applications for drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, toilet training, severe sexual abuse, marital difficulties, and smoking cessation." --Eric L. Weiner, The Journal of Family Practice
"Considering your therapeutic power and perspective in today's health care climate? Then Constructive Therapies is 'must reading.' Michael Hoyt has gathered some of the most innovative minds in brief therapy to describe the essentials of clinical change. Careful study of this important book will benefit both beginners and experts." --Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.
"If the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, one need only look at the contributing authors to know this book is a `must' for every solution-oriented therapist." --Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW
"The current health care environment demands that therapists provide treatment more thoughtfully, effectively, and efficiently. In this wonderful edited volume, brief therapy and managed care expert Michael Hoyt extends an invitation to us all to learn about constructive therapies. I would recommend that you accept his invitation. The book is packed with interesting, exciting material which will help you immediately begin to move your clients in more constructive ways." --Simon H. Budman, PhD
"The doctoral students in my counseling class found this text to be extremely helpful and practical. It covers a wide range of concerns that are readily applicable to practice, with useful case examples and condensed theoretical discussions throughout. I would recommend it for students in any advanced counseling or therapy course. " --John J. Zarski, PhD, Director, Clinic for Child Study and Family Therapy, University of Akron
"....Highly recommended for practitioners and students studying practice....A very special feature of this book is the excellent and extended bibliography at the end of the book. Hoyt has compiled a 16 page listing of almost 400 articles and books on the subject of (mostly) systemic and post systemic therapies. It alone is worth the price of the book. A special strength of the book is its extensive use of case materials in transcript form...." --Patricia Kelley in Crisis Intervention
"Constructive Therapies is a rich, and recommended, read." --Eric E. McCollum in Journal of Family Psychotherapy
"A rich, and recommended, read. "
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Journal of Family Psychotherapy Published On: 1997-07-06
"A rich, and recommended, read. "
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Journal of Family Psychotherapy Published On: 1994-08-07
"Will give the reader clear insight into the solution-oriented model."
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The Journal of Family Practice Published On: 1997-07-06
"Will give the reader clear insight into the solution-oriented model."
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The Journal of Family Practice Published On: 1994-08-07
