Brief Therapy and Beyond: Stories, Language, Love, Hope, and Time

Brief Therapy and Beyond is a collection of new and selected papers by prominent psychologist Michael Hoyt. Numerous clinical vignettes and informative discussions describe time-sensitive treatments to relieve psychological distress and/or promote growth. Drawing from an encyclopedic knowledge of the professional literature as well as humor, poetry, sports, and candid revelation, Hoyt illustrates the importance of stories, language, love, hope, and time in shaping worldviews that inspire and empower clients and clinicians to make effective and efficient changes.

About the Author

Michael F. Hoyt , Ph.D . (Yale '76) is a recipient of the prestigious APF Cummings Psyche Prize for lifetime contributions to the role of psychologists in organized healthcare. He has also been honored as a Distinguished Continuing Education Speaker by both the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and as a Contributor of Note by the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.