Brief Therapy Conversations: Exploring Efficient Intervention in Psychotherapy

Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D., is a psychologist based in Mill Valley, California. He was one of the originators (with Moshe Talmon and Robert Rosenbaum) of the Single Session Therapy approach and is the recipient of various professional honors. He is the author/editor of numerous publications, including Brief Therapy and Beyond; The Handbook of Constructive Therapies; Creative Therapy in Challenging Situations; and Single Session Thinking and Practice in Global, Cultural, and Familial Contexts.

Flavio Cannistra, Psy.D., is a psychologist based in Rome, Italy. He is the founder and co-director of the Italian Center for Single Session Therapy and of the ICNOS Institute, an international postgraduate training institute specializing in strategic and systemic brief psychotherapies. His publications include Single-Session Therapy: Principles and Practices (2021 in English, 2018 in Italian) and Terapia Breve Centrata Sulla Soluzione: Principi e Pratiche (Solution Focused Brief Therapy: Principles and Practices).

Title: Brief Therapy Conversations: Exploring Efficient Intervention in Psychotherapy

Author: Hoyt, Michael F.,Cannistr�, Flavio

ISBN: 9781032310299

Binding:

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publication Date: 2022-09-19

Number of Pages: 176

Weight: 0.4537 kg

Brief therapy is best seen as a conversation. What better way, therefore, to unlock the mysteries of this way of working than through a series of conversations between a senior master and his most talented junior colleague. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Both parts of the book are full of wisdom. If you buy only one book this year, buy this one.

Windy Dryden is emeritus professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University, London, and author of Single-Session Therapy: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

The conversations between Michael and Flavio elicit so much that makes therapy efficient and effective as well as compassionate and authentic. This book can help you to be a better therapist, and maybe a better person.

Jeff Young is director of The Bouverie Centre and professor of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and author of No Bullshit Therapy: How to Engage People Who Don't Want to Work with You

This book is unique and full of wonderful ideas and suggestions. The authors cover an amazing number of subjects and ways of doing therapy, all of which are thoroughly documented in the footnotes and references. Readers will enjoy meeting the authors and listening in on their conversations.

Rubin Battino is author of Using Guided Imagery and Hypnosis in Brief Therapy and Palliative Care

This is a must-read for therapists and clients who wish to help and be helped effectively by psychotherapy. Michael F. Hoyt (representing the experienced elder of the tribe) and Flavio Cannistra (representing the young and the eager to learn) have a great affinity and mutual respect for one another. Their conversations over the course of several years are inspiring, knowledgeable and refreshingly clear and practical. They support the conversations with helpful guidelines and references to enrich greatly readers of all levels.

Moshe Talmon is author of Single-Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only) Therapeutic Encounter and Single Session Solutions: A Guide to Practical, Effective, and Affordable Therapy

These two international experts tackle topics that range from therapeutic methods and the importance of the therapeutic relationship to the role of diagnosis and the therapist's mindset. They also discuss specific techniques and guiding logics, therapist development, and trends in psychotherapy, with the focus on brief and single-session therapy. Their dialogue is witty and engaging and the text is reader friendly. The result of their collaboration is edifying. Therapists of all disciplines will benefit from reading Brief Therapy Conversations. Doing so will enrich your practice.

Jeffrey K. Zeig, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter (2022), 16 VOL. 42, NO. 3.