Therapeutic Assessment with Adults: Using Psychological Testing to Help Clients Change

ISBN-13: 9780367194949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 328 str.

Francesca Fantini; Filippo Aschieri; Raja M. David

Opis

This book is a comprehensive guide to Therapeutic Assessment (TA) with adults, showing how to collaboratively engage clients in psychological testing to help them achieve major and long-lasting change.

Recenzje

Fantini and colleagues exquisitely convey state-of-the-art knowledge of Therapeutic Assessment with adults in this highly engrossing book that grounds specific TA methods in their theoretical, conceptual, and empirical bases. This is a valuable resource for every personality assessor, psychotherapist, assessment instructor, and student interested in the depth and impact of assessment interventions.

Radhika Krishnamurthy, Clinical Psychology Professor at Florida Tech, and Former President of the Society for Personality Assessment

The authors sensitively illustrate, from first contact with an assessment client through to their summary session and beyond, how the assessor's role can facilitate transformative change. A decade-plus into my experience with Therapeutic Assessment, I found myself learning significantly from this volume, and grateful for the chance to further refine my approach.

Seth Grossman, primary co-author of the MCMI-IV

This eagerly-awaited textbook comprehensively encapsulates the theory and practice of Therapeutic Assessment, the term created by Stephen E. Finn three decades ago to describe his unique assessment practice. This is essential reading for psychologists worldwide who want to advance their assessment skills and learn a proven method of helping clients change.

Noriko Nakamura, Clinical Director, Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Tokyo

Spis treści

Part 1: THEORETICAL BASES, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT  1. How Can a Psychological Assessment Be Therapeutic?  2. Development of Therapeutic Assessment  3. Research on Therapeutic Assessment  Part 2: STEPS OF THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT WITH ADULT CLIENTS  4. Initial Contact  5. Initial Session  6. Administering Psychological Testing and Conducting the Extended Inquiry  7. Case Conceptualization  8. Assessment Intervention Session  9. Summary/Discussion Session  10. Written Feedback  11. Follow-up Session  12. Learning, Practicing and Marketing Therapeutic Assessment  13. Forward!