ADVANCES IN HUMOR AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

Edited By:
WILLIAM F. FRY, JR.
WALEED A. SALAMEH

Humor has now been accepted as a powerful psychotherapeutic tool.  In this book, Drs. Fry and Salameh present compelling evidence for using humor with a wide range of clients.  Provides both a theoretical and a practical understanding of the universal applications of humor in clinical practice.  Includes numerous examples, case histories, techniques, and suggestions for effectively integrating humor into your therapy sessions with adults, children, and families.

REVIEWS

"From our work we know that people are half over their emotional problems once they manage to laugh at their predicament...The authors of this book are to be commended for their numerous, fascinating, and enjoyably unorthodox contributions to the role of humor in psychotherapy.  May this book find the recognition that it richly deserves!"
      -Paul Watzlawick, PhD, Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California

"Humor is a seasoning for psychotherapy and its effective use is an indicator of the seasoning of the psychotherapist...[This book] is a comprehensive organized compendium of how humor can be used constructively across schools of psychotherapy, and in individual, group, and family approaches.  Fry and Salameh have collected the work of an array of European and American experts who cogently described important advances.  Well written and well edited, this handbook is certain to be a standard reference. A sure-fire remedy for burnout."
     -Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, Director, Milton H. Erickson Foundation