Full Description
This book provides detailed guidance on assessing and accommodating patient preferences for the psychotherapist, the therapeutic approach, and treatment activities.
Blending empirical research and clinical expertise into easy-to-read advice, Drs. John Norcross and Mick Cooper offer multiple strategies for routinely assessing preferences as they evolve over the course of therapy, focusing primarily on strong likes and dislikes.
They describe multiple tools for rapidly and reliably measuring preferences in session, including their Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP).
Four key strategies for accommodating a client's preferences are explored in depth: adopting them into treatment, adapting the therapist's approach, exploring alternative preferences, and referring the patient to another practitioner if necessary.
The authors describe the limitations of personalization and how to avoid common errors, such as therapists assuming they know what clients want. Training and supervision strategies are also featured.
Clinical cases and patient amp ndash therapist dialogues demonstrate how to evaluate and integrate client preferences in a respectful, ethical, and professional manner that leads to enhanced alliances and improved outcomes.
Contents
Introduction: Using Client Characteristics to Guide Therapy
Chapter . A New Psychotherapy for Each Patient
Chapter 2. The Research Evidence
Chapter 3. The Clinical Evidence
Chapter 4. General Strategies for Assessing Client Preferences
Chapter 5. Assessment With the Cooper amp ndash Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) and Other Measures
Chapter . Implementing Client Preferences in Treatment
Chapter 7. Patient Preferences in Training and Supervision
Chapter 8. Limitations and Contraindications of Personalizing Psychotherapy
Chapter 9. Toward an Evidence-Based Bespoke Psychotherapy
Appendix: The Cooper amp ndash Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)
References
Index
About the Authors
