| Constructive Therapies: Volume 1 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hoyt, Michael F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 157230281X ISBN-13: 9781572302815 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: Recognizing that clients are unique and resourceful creators of their own realities, this hands-on guide promotes skills that help clinicians meet the demands of the current health care environment. Contributors representing a range of specialties demonstrate how they assist clients to achieve desired goals, using actual case examples that provide a vivid sense of what these noted authorities do and why they do it. Topics covered include enabling clients to draw on their own strengths and competencies; staying on track in brief therapy; asking solution-oriented questions; utilizing such techniques as role playing, reframing, story telling, acknowledgment humor, and encouragement in resolving conflict; helping clients access valuable resources that may have been compartmentalized as a result of physical or sexual abuse; supporting clients in freeing themselves from maladaptive patterns such as eating disorders; and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior - Psychology | Practice Management |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 94-14220 |
| Series: Constructive Therapies |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.01" W x 8.97" (1.15 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recognizing that clients are unique and resourceful creators of their own realities, this hands-on guide promotes skills that help clinicians meet the demands of the current health care environment. Contributors representing a range of specialties demonstrate how they assist clients to achieve desired goals, using actual case examples that provide a vivid sense of what these noted authorities do and why they do it. Topics covered include enabling clients to draw on their own strengths and competencies; staying on track in brief therapy; asking solution-oriented questions; utilizing such techniques as role playing, reframing, story telling, acknowledgment humor, and encouragement in resolving conflict; helping clients access valuable resources that may have been compartmentalized as a result of physical or sexual abuse; supporting clients in freeing themselves from maladaptive patterns such as eating disorders; and more. Note: This book was previously published in hardcover. See the hardcover listing for the original copyright date.
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