Their Finest Hour : Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories

by Kottler, Jeffrey; Carlson, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780205430031
• ISBN10: 0205430031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

From the best-selling author of The Last Victim, Their Finest Hour: Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories reveals the greatest success stories of the best counselors and therapists in the world. The master therapists speaks frankly about how their seminal cases shaped their ideas. Told in a narrative style, each story ends with a unique lesson to be learned. The book is practical and accessible for those in the field of therapy and those just interested in the dynamic approaches taken by today's leading therapists.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Kottler is Professor and Chair of the Counseling Department at California State University, Fullerton.

Table of Contents

The Finest Hours	1	(3)
The Ball, the Snowflakes, and the Wheelchair: Cases from Jeffrey Kottler	4	(17)
My Mama's Dead and My Daddy's in Jail: A Case from Jon Carlson	21	(14)
Limits of the Past: A Case from Michael Yapko	35	(10)
Slaying a Dragon: A Case from Susan M. Johnson	45	(11)
The Control Freak with the Gun Collection: A Case from William Glasser	56	(10)
An Immovable Object: A Case from Pat Love	66	(10)
Extreme Therapy: A Case from Nick Cummings	76	(10)
Put Caring at the Top of the List: A Case from Michael Mahoney	86	(7)
I Accept Myself, and Others: Therefore I Am: A Case from Albert Ellis	93	(11)
Recovering from Therapy Abuse: A Case from Laura Brown	104	(10)
Brought Back from the Dead: A Case from Arnold Lazarus	114	(9)
The Queen of Shock: A Case from Bradford Keeney	123	(13)
A Family Epiphany: A Case from Peggy Papp	136	(10)
``We Have to Seduce People into Trusting Us before We Can Spank Them'': Cases from Frank Pittman	146	(12)
Both Sides of the Story: A Case from Stephen Lankton	158	(7)
The Gardener Who Dug Very Deep: A Case from Alvin Mahrer	165	(8)
Solving Unsolvable Problems: Cases from Richard B. Stuart	173	(9)
Treating the Trauma of Alien Abduction: A Case from John Krumboltz	182	(6)
Killing Herself Slowly: A Case from William Doherty	188	(10)
Thinking Out Loud: A Case from Gordon Wheeler	198	(8)
Finding Love in the Right Direction: A Case from John Gray	206	(8)
When the Therapist and Client Influence One Another: A Case from Judith V. Jordan	214	(11)
Continuing a Relationship with a Dead Father: A Case from Robert A. Neimeyer	225	(9)
A Demolition Project: A Case from David Scharff	234	(8)
To Dare to Tell the Truth: A Case from Terrence Real	242	(10)
Letters of Faith: A Case from Stephen Madigan	252	(8)
You Can't Kill Yourself Until You Pay Your Debt: A Case from Scott Miller	260	(9)
Learning from Their Finest Hours: A Narrative Analysis of Core Themes	269