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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... therapist would despise him if his behavior was revealed . Collabora- tively constructing this case conceptualization with the therapist dis- solved many of Steve's fears regarding engagement in therapy . 4. Case conceptualization can ...
... therapists and clients. Case conceptualizations provide explicit rationales for making particular choices. When therapist and client agree on a conceptualization, a clear rationale can be made for following particular therapeutic ...
... therapist- generated CBT conceptualizations are judged by outside raters, more experienced or accredited CBT therapists are judged to produce higher- quality conceptualizations (Kuyken, Fother- gill, et al., 2005). Across therapy ...
... therapy. For example, the therapist develops an overly elaborate explanatory conceptualization very early in therapy before a sim- pler descriptive conceptualization has been derived. In addition, when we observe audio or video ...
... THERAPIST : OK . Let's write " Worries " over here . You told me some of the types of worries you have : you are worried about your job , worried about money . ... Was there anything else ? AHMED : Yes . I worry about my future . THERAPIST ...