Michael A Hoyt

The Handbook of Constructive Therapies: Innovative Approaches from Leading Practitioners

Constructive Therapies

The First Session in Brief Therapy

Some Stories are Better than Others: Doing What Works in Brief Therapy and Managed Care

There are stories that we use to explain what happened to us twenty years ago or last wee, those we use to explain why the world works the way it does, and those that we sue to "fix" the world when it doesn't work the way other stories said it should. And as the author points out in this collection ...

Therapist Stories of Inspiration, Passion, and Renewal: What's Love Got To Do With It?

Why do you practice psychotherapy?In this exciting volume, some of the field’s leading therapists tell true stories which evoke the pleasures, joys, and satisfactions that inspire passion for therapeutic work.Rather than focusing on the stresses and strains of being a clinician, these dramatic, poig...

Bitterroot Mountain Trails Vol 1

A dedicated, long-time wilderness mountaineer, Michael Hoyt has carefully documented his hikes using notes, Photographs, and maps. This guidebook, the first of three volumes, contains information about the trails in the northern portion of the Bitterroot Mountains. Hikers, trail runners, horseback r...

Ranger

The only survivor of a murderous attempt to kill his entire family, Ranger, a young wolf, learns that he has magical powers. This is the story of how he deals with the tragic loss of his family while learning to harness his newly discovered powers to satisfy his innate desire to help others.

The Handbook of Constructive Therapies: Innovative Approaches from Leading Practitioners

A guide to the use of treatment approaches known as constructive therapies The leading teachers and practitioners in this powerful handbook represent a variety of schools of therapeutic treatments that all share an optimistic view of people as resourceful individuals who construct their own realitie...

Ranger

Ranger, a story of compassion and empathy contrasted with the all-to-common feeling of animosity and loathing, takes place in the wilderness of Montana's Bitterroot Mountains.Ranger is a young wolf, the only survivor of a murderous attack on his family. He must deal with the tagic loss ofhis pack wh...

Constructive Therapies V2: Volume 2

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 Meichenb...

Constructive Therapies: Volume 1

Note: This book was previously published in hardcover. See the hardcover listing for the original copyright date. This volume demonstrates how practitioners can respond to the emphasis on time-effective, solution-oriented treatment by integrating a competency based approach in to their clinical prac...