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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... consider some of the issues therapists might face in using our model in a variety of therapeutic settings. Consistent with our commitment to empiricism, we also propose a program of research to test the assump- tions and principles ...
... consider some important empirical challenges to the centrality of case conceptualization in CBT practice. These challenges have been important in shaping the case con- ceptualization approach proposed in this book. FUNCTIONS. OF. CBT. CASE.
... emphasizes the need for change , and provides a clearer therapy focus . Once the therapist and client have a working understanding of the presenting issues, they can begin to consider which concern(s) to The Procrustean Dilemma 7.
... consider which concern(s) to address first. CBT involves numerous choice points for therapists and clients. Case conceptualizations provide explicit rationales for making particular choices. When therapist and client agree on a ...
... consider as well as empiri- cally supported behavioral models ( e.g. , Ost & Breitholtz , 2000 ) . In short , according to the top - down criterion for evidence - based case conceptualization , general cognitive theory provides a solid ...