Full Description
The psychotherapy case formulation model is integrative, and takes an evidence-based approach to treatment by mental health practitioners.
Formulating cases is an essential component of psychotherapy training and practice, yet beginning therapists often struggle to organize their ideas about the client and apply theory to the case. The model presented in this volume is designed to adapt to any theory of therapy, any treatment manual, and any component of a theory. The author emphasizes case formulation inferences that are based on theories with supporting evidence, expert knowledge about formulation, and steps to enhance sound reasoning in case formulation.
This book incorporates a focus on culturally responsive therapy by presenting a cultural perspective, including consideration of race and ethnicity, sex and gender, socioeconomic status, and religion and spiritual orientation, on case formulation and providing guidance on incorporating culture into a case conceptualization. It draws heavily upon cognitive science research to support evidence-based practice in case formulation, and includes a case example and checklist to illustrate the principles and steps of formulation. Topics investigated include the slippery definitions of mental disorders, approaches to assessing behavior and selecting a treatment approach, and treatment planning. The book also explores the role psychiatric diagnosis plays in psychotherapy, its limitations, its societal impacts, and what it contributes uniquely to case formulation.
Contents
Series Preface
How to Use This Book With APA Psychotherapy Videos
Introduction
Part I. Understanding Psychotherapy Case Formulation in Context
Chapter 1. Defining Formulation: Benefits, Goals, History, and Influences
Chapter 2. Sound Decision Making in Case Formulation
Chapter 3. Developing a Culturally Responsive Formulation
Chapter 4. Formulation in the Context of Psychotherapy Integration
Part II. An Integrative Evidence-Based Case Formulation Model
Chapter 5. Step 1: Create a Problem List
Chapter 6. Step 2: Diagnose
Chapter 7. Step 3: Develop an Explanatory Hypothesis
Chapter 8. Step 4: Plan Treatment
Chapter 9. Evaluating Case Formulation Quality
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