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

What's Love Got To Do With It?

Author: Michael F. Hoyt  

Leading therapists in the field discuss the heart and soul of their work, what makes it worth doing, the love and poetics of helping people change, and how they renew their hope and energy in this inspirational text.

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Leading therapists in the field discuss the heart and soul of their work, what makes it worth doing, the love and poetics of helping people change, and how they renew their hope and energy in this inspirational text.

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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, poignant, wise, sometimes humorous and always soulful stories will help you gain (or regain) hope and excitement, and ultimately inspire a recommitment to a profession that, at its heart and soul, is about helping people.

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Critic Reviews

“"This book made me laugh, cry, and feel inspired. In short, it is packed with spiritual, emotional, and human truths, and it taught me new perspectives. Even though the stories are difficult to arrange into a cohesive whole with so many voices of different writers, Hoyt has succeeded. I not only recommend this book but I feel like a missionary to get others to appreciate its timeless message." -John D. Lentz D. Min., Shepherdsville, KY "Therapist Stories of Inspiration, Passion and Renewal: What's Love Got to Do with It?is a treasure trove of wisdom and experience. Each chapter is a gem, written by some of the century's leading clinicians. Treat yourself. You and your clients will be grateful."-Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., Director of the International Center for Excellence, co-author ofThe Heroic Client and co-editor ofThe Heart and Soul of Change "A wonderful book filled with charm, wisdom, and inspiration."-Bill O'Hanlon, author ofThe Change Your Life Book andDo One Thing Different and featured guest on Oprah t;EM>and co-editor ofThe Heart and Soul of Change "A wonderful book filled with charm, wisdom, and inspiration."-Bill O'Hanlon, author ofThe Change Your Life Book andDo One Thing Different and featured guest on Oprah”

"This book made me laugh, cry, and feel inspired. In short, it is packed with spiritual, emotional, and human truths, and it taught me new perspectives. Even though the stories are difficult to arrange into a cohesive whole with so many voices of different writers, Hoyt has succeeded. I not only recommend this book but I feel like a missionary to get others to appreciate its timeless message." – John D. Lentz D. Min., Shepherdsville, KY

Therapist Stories of Inspiration, Passion and Renewal: What’s Love Got to Do with It? is a treasure trove of wisdom and experience. Each chapter is a gem, written by some of the century’s leading clinicians. Treat yourself. You and your clients will be grateful.” - Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., Director of the International Center for Excellence, co-author of The Heroic Client and co-editor of The Heart and Soul of Change

“A wonderful book filled with charm, wisdom, and inspiration.” - Bill O’Hanlon, author of The Change Your Life Book and Do One Thing Different and featured guest on Oprah

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About the Author

Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D. (Yale ’76) is a senior staff psychologist at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California. He is an expert clinician, an internationally respected teacher and lecturer, a well-known author and editor, and a recipient of the prestigious APF Cummings Psyche Prize for lifetime contributions to the primary role of
psychologists in organized healthcare.

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Product Details

Publisher
Routledge
Published
27th September 2012
Pages
320
ISBN
9780415500838

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