Michael Garrett – författare

In this innovative book, master clinician Michael Garrett shows how to weave together cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy to support the recovery of persons suffering from psychosis. This integrated framework builds on the strengths of both methods to achieve lasting gains, even for patients with severe, chronic mental illness. The therapist is guided to use CBT to help the patient recognize the literal falsity of delusions, while employing psychodynamic strategies to explore the figurative truth and personal meaning of psychotic symptoms. Extended case presentations and numerous clinical vignettes illustrate Garrett’s compassionate, empowering approach.Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Category

Not all love is innocent. Some desires swallow you whole. . .There''s more than meets the eye to the twenty twisted pleasures collected here, with death and desire lying in wait behind every corner. One goth girl finds the man whose love can make her beautiful and whose body can bring her ecstasy—if she can stomach the price. . . A zombie apocalypse destroys a man''s family, but "til death do us part" is a vow his wife won''t forget—even if she''s now more on the undead side. A vampire hunter wakes up the morning after and has to discover what forbidden pleasures he indulged in the night before—he suspects they might involve the drop-dead gorgeous bloodsucker next door. . .These and many more tales of sinister passion lie inside—if you aren''t afraid of the dark. . ..

Few populations around the world have been as deeply affected by outside cultures as Native Americans. The wide variety of people who lived in America prior to Western migration possessed an equally wide variety of faith practices and beliefs. This book is about how those beliefs began, how they changed due to the influence of outside forces, and how Native Americans today are working to preserve their faiths. Tied deeply to the land and to nature, Native American faiths share some common traits. Native American Faith in America explores these basic beliefs, the ""coming of the long knives,"" and the impact of Western expansion, along with the ways that Native Americans and their faiths were deeply changed by this new civilization on their land. As the years have passed, many Native American ways have come into the general culture, influencing everything from fashion and music to medicine and sports. The dominant American culture continues to affect the social lives of Native Americans, both on reservations and elsewhere, while the sacred sites of some tribes have been the source of great controversy. In the political world, Native Americans have been very active, and most of this political work, from the American Indian Movement to today's reservation casinos, is based in faith and belief. Finally, the book focuses on how Native Americans young and old are working to ensure that their faiths and beliefs do not die out as some of their languages and customs have.

In this innovative book, master clinician Michael Garrett shows how to weave together cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy to support the recovery of persons suffering from psychosis. This integrated framework builds on the strengths of both methods to achieve lasting gains, even for patients with severe, chronic mental illness. The therapist is guided to use CBT to help the patient recognize the literal falsity of delusions, while employing psychodynamic strategies to explore the figurative truth and personal meaning of psychotic symptoms. Extended case presentations and numerous clinical vignettes illustrate Garrett’s compassionate, empowering approach. Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Category

Discover the holistic experience of human life from the elder teachers of Cherokee Medicine. With stories of the Four Directions and the Universal Circle, these once-secret teachings offer us wisdom on circle gatherings, natural herbs and healing, and ways to reduce stress in our daily lives.

Two hearts anchored in faith. Two perspectives shaped by pain. One God who sees the truth. Elise Farmington's world is already unraveling when a devastating car crash leaves her trapped in a blinding snowstorm—injured, alone, and slipping toward the edge of life. In the silence of the storm, she whispers a desperate prayer . . . and wonders if anyone is listening.Then, against all odds, someone comes.David Stetson emerges from the white darkness—calm, steady, and unwavering in his belief that God led him there. With quiet strength, he pulls Elise from the wreckage and carries her to shelter, convinced he is simply walking in obedience to the Lord's call.But when Elise awakens in a place she doesn't recognize, fear takes hold. Though David speaks gently of faith and purpose, something in her spirit feels unsettled. Is he truly her rescuer . . . or is she no longer free?David insists God's hand is in all of it.Elise isn't so sure.As tension rises between them, a far greater danger begins to close in—one that threatens not only their safety, but their trust in everything they believe. To survive, Elise and David must confront their deepest fears, surrender their need for control, and learn what it truly means to trust God—even when His plan makes no sense.Because sometimes faith is tested not in the light . . . but in the storm.And sometimes the path to truth begins where certainty ends.

RESCUED . . . OR TAKEN?Wilson Proctor pulls Jennifer Rucker from the freezing waters of a deadly winter storm, saving her life. But one panicked misunderstanding turns him into her captor. As the threat of hypothermia creeps in, Jennifer faces a horrifying choice: freeze to death . . . or share body heat with the dangerous man holding her prisoner.Trapped together in an isolated trailer, every forced breath, every heartbeat, and every inch of unwilling contact ignites raw, unwanted tension between them that Jennifer refuses to acknowledge and desperately wishes she could escape.Then Eddie Spivey arrives—violent, obsessed, and determined to take Jennifer for himself. While the world believes she's dead, only these two men know she's alive. And Eddie is prepared to erase the only witness standing in his way.In the blinding cold, three lives collide:One woman fighting to survive the storm . . . and the man she's forced to cling to.One man torn between duty and desire.One ruthless killer determined to secretly possess her at any cost.When the storm finally breaks, only the truth will remain—and not everyone will make it out alive.

"e;Unputdownable . . .  deserves to be a best-seller"e;—The Alabama Baptist & Christian Bookaholic A stranger's love. A Savior's strength. A woman transformed. Falsely accused of murder and cornered by evidence that screams "e;guilty,"e; you're urged to take a plea that could steal decades of your life. Prison feels like a death sentence. Hope feels impossible.Then a stranger steps into your chaos.You should fear him. You should run from him. Yet something in him—something steady, something Spirit‑marked—cuts through your terror. He claims God sent him with a purpose for your life.Stay, and you lose everything. Run, and you become a fugitive. Either way, the future looks bleak.Suddenly the real battle is no longer legal . . . it's spiritual.Long‑buried questions about God ignite. Could He truly be pursuing you? Could He still redeem the wreckage? Could this nightmare be the very path meant to lead you back to Him?You're not just running for freedom. You're running toward the God who refuses to let you go.Because when everything else is stripped away . . . you discover you have Nothing to Lose.