Download or read book The Handbook of Constructive Therapies written by Michael F. Hoyt and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1998-07-10 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 realities. Emphasizing a collaborative approach, the therapies focus on the strengths and resources of the clients and look to where people want to go rather than where they have been. Hoyt should be commended for bringing together in one volume diverse voices that bring alive the exciting possibilities that mark and define this new era of psychotherapy. ?Steven Freidman, author of Time-Effective Psychotherapy