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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... thought, “He seems to understand my client so well. Why didn't I see that? I'll never be good at case conceptualization. I must not have the case conceptualization gene.” I thought skillful case conceptualization was an innate talent ...
... thoughts describe the thoughts and images that spontaneously arise in the mind moment to moment. Modes Modes are the broadest of these concepts. Modes describe 12 COLLABORATIVE CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION.
... to be entertained” and the self as “dull and unlovable,” even under conditions of safety. Thus one way to detect the presence of a core belief is to notice thoughts that are accompanied by intense The Procrustean Dilemma 13.
... thoughts that are accompanied by intense emotion and that do not shift in the face of contradictory evidence. Underlying Assumptions Underlying assumptions are intermediate-level beliefs that (1) maintain core beliefs by explaining life ...
... thoughts and behaviors (Padesky & Greenberger, 1995). She makes the case that it is helpful whenever possible to state underlying assumptions as “if . . . then ...” conditional beliefs. Her reasoning is that beliefs stated in an “if ...