{"version":"1.0","type":"link","provider_name":"Hardcover","provider_url":"https://hardcover.app","cache_age":86400,"title":"The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity","url":"https://hardcover.app/books/the-tools","description":"A groundbreaking book about personal growth that presents a uniquely effective set of four tools that bring about dynamic change in the present and impart a greater understanding of the depth and complexity of the human condition over the longterm. The Tools addresses the most common complaint patients have about psychotherapy: the interminable wait for change to begin. Barry Michels, an LA-based therapist, was frustrated by his inability to bring his patients faster relief from the issues that plagued them. He found a mentor in Phil Stutz, a psychiatrist who years before devised a methodology that arose from a similar disenchantment. The traditional therapeutic model sets its sights on the past, but Stutz and Michels employ an arsenal of tools--exercises that access the power of the unconscious and effectively meet the most persistent problems people face--and the results are electrifying. Stutz and Michels are much sought-after--a recent profile in The New Yorker touted them as an \u0026quot;open secret\u0026quot; in Hollywood--and treat a high-powered and creative clientele. Their first work, The Tools transcends the typical self-help genre because of its paradigm-changing material, the credibility of its authors, and the instant appeal and empowerment of its message.","author_name":"Phil Stutz and Barry Michels","author_url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/phil-stutz","authors":[{"name":"Phil Stutz","url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/phil-stutz"},{"name":"Barry Michels","url":"https://hardcover.app/authors/barry-michels"}],"thumbnail_url":"https://assets.hardcover.app/external_data/59633287/a860e181b925d4e96f31d119fb021ee19ce0bb2a.jpeg","thumbnail_width":128,"thumbnail_height":193}