Brief Therapy: Myths, Methods, and Metaphors - Edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig and Stephen G. Gilligan

Published by Brunner/Mazel in 1990, this substantial collection brings together presentations from the Brief Therapy Congress, sponsored by the Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Contributions from leading figures in psychotherapy explore different approaches to short-term psychological treatment, including strategic and family therapy, therapeutic metaphor, hypnosis, rational-emotive therapy and mind-body healing. Contributors include Jay Haley, Cloe Madanes, Paul Watzlawick, Steve de Shazer, Albert Ellis, Ernest Rossi and Michael D. Yapko. Rather than presenting one definitive model, the book surveys the varied theories and techniques used to help clients make change within a focused therapeutic framework.