Norbi Vezd Vezd itibaren Gavrilovka, Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Nga, 606587
First read in secondary school, and re-read during JC. Very few authors can mix in the fun and humor as well as interesting little observations on modern society, with some very good puns. Probably 1 of the few people I'd allow to use puns.
A decent read and adequate model of short term therapy. His goal is to find the core relationships and the common themes that come up in them. Basically, in each therapy session 3-4 (on avg.) relationships are discussed by the client. Examining the conflict that is expressed and the themes allow the therapist to get to some of the "meat" of the psyche. I like this book in principle and the ideas it stirs up, but the method is too behavioral. If you follow the method properly, you are keeping graphs and monitoring relationships in a very behavioral format. Still a good read.