Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment

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A guide to conducting Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment topromote client growth Mental health professionals are increasingly enthusiastic aboutand ready to use psychological test data, research, and theory inlife-relevant ways to improve diagnosis, client care, and treatmentoutcomes. With Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment (C/TA), clientsparticipate actively with the assessor in exploring how their testscores and patterns reflect who they are in their daily lives andhow they can learn to help themselves cope with life'schallenges. Using a case study approach to demonstrate how to apply C/TA inpractice, Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment providespractitioners with a variety of flexible and adaptable caseexamples featuring adults, children, adolescents, couples, andfamilies from different backgrounds in need of treatment forassorted concerns. Designed for both experienced and novice clinicians, the bookbegins with a brief history of C/TA, and provides clear definitionsof the distinctions among many common approaches. It uniquelypresents: * Eighteen diverse C/TA assessments covering: depression, multiplesuicide attempts, severe abuse, dissociation, an adolescentpsychiatric ward, custody evaluation, a couple in crisis, andcollaborative neuropsychology * Guidance on how both client and clinician can agree on the bestcourse of action through joint exploration of assessmentprocedures, results, and implications * Closely related approaches to psychological testing, includingIndividualized Assessment, Collaborative Assessment, TherapeuticModel of Assessment, Collaborative/Therapeutic NeuropsychologicalAssessment, and Rorschach-based psychotherapy * Clearly labeled Teaching Points in each chapter Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment providespsychologists in all areas of assessment, and at all levels ofexperience, with powerful C/TA examples that can dramaticallyilluminate and improve clients' lives.

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Stephen E. Finn

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