Title: One liners and mildly interesting
Product review: As a psychotherapist I was also excited to check out some new brief therapy ideas. However like a few other reviewers I found the book to be a collection of cases that offered pithy one liners and quick come backs to people exhibiting genuine pain and difficulty. I'm not sure what the point is in dismissing their concerns as silly or shutting them down. It seemed belittling to me. One case comes to mind where a client was expressing that they feel their personality is lacking and the retort was "I guess you need a personality transplant!" Well, now that their concern has been mocked where do you go from there? Do you do the transplant or laugh it off and dismiss their issue? I don't know what the author intended next because each case ends with the punch line. I expect a drum roll at the end of every page.
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