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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... assessment Steve confirms that cross- dressing is something he wants to discuss in therapy but it is a greater priority to talk about having been “terrorized in the city where I lived until recently ... and .. . I'm having a lot of ...
... Assessment of these beliefs as part of an initial conceptualization allows the therapist to address these client concerns, making group therapy accessible for someone who might otherwise avoid a group or drop out after a few sessions. 9 ...
... assessment to early treatment phase ( Bar- ber , Luborsky , Crits - Christoph , & Diguer , 1998 ) . In studies of validity , pervasiveness of core conflictual relationship themes have been asso- ciated in predicted ways with defensive ...
... assessments have typically not been blind to treat- ment condition. In summary, studies that examine the relationship between case conceptualization and therapy outcomes offer little defini- tive support for the benefits often claimed ...
... assessment phase of ther- apy. Typically, this is the crucible's first product. Next, client and therapist begin to explain how current presenting issues are triggered and maintained using CBT theory. Typically this is the crucible's ...