Hunting For Happiness

The Outdoorsman's guide to getting rid of buck fever, cowboying up and enjoying life.

Hunting for Happiness by Zack Butterfield CMHC, BCN is available now.

What do you do when buck fever hits, but it isn't even hunting season?

Author Zack Butterfield knows all about that. After growing up in rural communities and learning to hunt with his family, he surprised everyone by becoming a therapist. But he isn’t your average therapist with a tendency toward “new-age-speak.” Instead, in Hunting for Happiness: The Outdoorsman’s Guide to Getting Rid of Buck Fever, Cowboying Up, and Enjoying Life, he provides straight talk about what to do when life leaves you feeling like a deer in the headlights. After all, we pay attention to our physical shape, but what about our mental shape? 

Through personal and client stories and practical explanations of the science behind our behaviors, Zack gives real-world advice for handling all sorts of life problems from relationship struggles to chronic anger, to parenting the “cubs,” to finding our “herd,” to “cowboying up,” and more. Hunting for Happiness is geared toward the outdoorsman or outdoorswoman who wants a no-nonsense guide to a happier, calmer life.

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About the Author

Zack Butterfield, CMHC, BCN

Zack grew up in a small Utah town raising animals, and he started tagging along hunting around age 11 until he got his first deer at 14 years old. He enjoys camping and all things nature.

He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in Spanish in 2015. He received his Masters of Education and Education Specialist degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Clemson University in 2017. He provided talk therapy for a variety of clients at a local community agency assisting them in healing trauma and addiction, and he also treated adults and teenagers who had committed sex crimes.

During this time, he learned about neurofeedback and quickly became obsessed with neuropsychology. He got certified in neurofeedback in December 2017 and started his own practice in August of 2019, which has been growing since then. He loves providing talk therapy and neurofeedback to a wide range of clients, and especially those in rural communities. He also loves supervising his employees and helping them become their best selves as therapists and professionals.

Zack has kept hunting, conservation, and the outdoors in the forefront of his life, and he looks forward to continuing to do so. He loves spending time with his hunting buddies, friends, and families.

Zack grew up in a small Utah town raising animals, and he started tagging along hunting around age 11 until he got his first deer at 14 years old. He enjoys camping and all things nature.

He graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in Spanish in 2015. He received his Masters of Education and Education Specialist degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Clemson University in 2017. He provided talk therapy for a variety of clients at a local community agency assisting them in healing trauma and addiction, and he also treated adults and teenagers who had committed sex crimes.

During this time, he learned about neurofeedback and quickly became obsessed with neuropsychology. He got certified in neurofeedback in December 2017 and started his own practice in August of 2019, which has been growing since then. He loves providing talk therapy and neurofeedback to a wide range of clients, and especially those in rural communities. He also loves supervising his employees and helping them become their best selves as therapists and professionals.

Zack has kept hunting, conservation, and the outdoors in the forefront of his life, and he looks forward to continuing to do so. He loves spending time with his hunting buddies, friends, and families.

Hunting For Happiness

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The outdoorsman’s no-nonsense guide to navigating and improving your life, relationships, and mental health from a licensed therapist.