Collaborative Case Conceptualization: Working Effectively with Clients in Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyPresenting an innovative framework for tailoring cognitive-behavioral interventions to each client's needs, this accessible book is packed with practical pointers and sample dialogues. Step by step, the authors show how to collaborate with clients to develop and test conceptualizations that illuminate personal strengths as well as problems, and that deepen in explanatory power as treatment progresses. An extended case illustration demonstrates the three-stage conceptualization process over the entire course of therapy with a multiproblem client. The approach emphasizes building resilience and coping while decreasing psychological distress. Special features include self-assessment checklists and learning exercises to help therapists build their conceptualization skills. |
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... ( Figure 1.1 ) . A crucible is a strong container for syn- thesizing different substances so that they are changed into something new . Typically , heating the crucible facilitates the process of change . The case conceptualization ...
... Figure 1.1. First, heat drives chemical reactions in a cru- cible. In our model, collaborative empiricism drives the conceptualiza- tion process. The hands in Figure 1.1 represent collaborative empiricism between therapist and client ...
... Figure 1.1 represents the different levels of descriptive and explanatory conceptualizations. CBT case conceptualization necessarily begins by describing present- ing issues in cognitive and behavioral terms. As clients recount what ...
... Figure 1.1 rep- resent therapist and client working together using collaborative empiri- cism. For reasons elaborated below, our case conceptualization process will only be effective if it is developed collaboratively by the therapist ...
... Figure 2.1, our approach progressively builds a case conceptualization from an initial description of the presenting issues to identification of triggers and the factors that maintain the current difficulties. Over time, we may build a ...