Case Conceptualization

Case Conceptualization
Author: Len Sperry
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2020-05-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000074595

Integrating recent research and developments in the field, this revised second edition introduces an easy-to-master strategy for developing and writing culturally sensitive case conceptualizations and treatment plans. Concrete guidelines and updated case material are provided for developing conceptualizations for the five most common therapy models: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Biopsychosocial, Adlerian, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The chapters also include specific exercises and activities for mastering case conceptualization and related competencies and skills. Also new to this edition is a chapter on couple and family case conceptualizations, and an emphasis throughout on trauma. Practitioners, as well as graduate students in counseling and in clinical psychology, will gain the essential skills and knowledge they need to master case conceptualizations.

Case Conceptualization in Family Therapy

Case Conceptualization in Family Therapy
Author: Michael Reiter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Divorce therapy
ISBN: 9780132889070

Written for graduate courses in family therapy, practicum and internship, the text is also suitable for advanced undergraduates taking an introductory family therapy course. In this highly-anticipated new text, the reader will learn the key concepts and techniques of the various family therapy models, how to use these concepts to develop a case conceptualization of why a family is currently having difficulties, and what course of treatment might be most appropriate. Each chapter utilizes the same case family to explore the intricacies of how that model views the theory of problem formation as well as the theory of problem resolution. Further, a mock first session for each approach is provided to allow the reader to gain a richer grasp of how the models are enacted. Uniquely engaged with one case study family throughout, readers will be drawn into the depth and subtleties of applying the most prominent family therapies, integrating theories when necessary, for the betterment of the family involved in seeking treatment. A robust Instructor's Resource Manual with Test Bank includes eight additional cases for exploration of a broader diversity of family constellations and presenting issues.

Case Conceptualization in Couple Therapy

Case Conceptualization in Couple Therapy
Author: Michael D Reiter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2024-08-20
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1040106048

This textbook provides undergraduate and graduate students with a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the primary models of couples counseling, allowing them to compare and contrast each theory alongside a single case. Designed to be the core text for couple therapy courses, the book begins by introducing the field as well as presenting Carissa and Steve, a couple whom readers will follow as each model is applied to their case. The chapters focus on 11 different theoretical models such as Bowen family systems theory, emotionally focused couple therapy, the Gottman method, solution-focused couples counseling, narrative couple therapy, and more, with expert therapists writing on each of these unique models. Each chapter addresses the history of the model, the conceptualization of problem formation, diversity considerations, and the conceptualization of problem resolution. With session transcripts throughout, this book allows training therapists to easily compare, contrast, and apply the most prevalent models in couples counseling. This textbook is a core text for graduate marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, clinical psychology, and social work students. The book is also useful for practicing professionals who want to explore how to apply a specific model of counseling to couples.

Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy

Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy
Author: Rhonda N. Goldman
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781433818202

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) views clinical disorders as, at base, emotional disorders. Case formulation in EFT represents an organizing framework and a map to help therapists specifically address these emotional problems. This book presents a detailed, concrete, step-by-step process for constructing an emotion-focused case formulation, ready for use with clients. EFT case formulation focuses on the client's narrative content (the stories they tell) as well as emotional processing (how the client feels). By attending to the interaction between these two things and paying particular attention to the painful emotion underlying the presenting problem, therapists can make moment-to-moment decisions about how to proceed in therapy. As a result, clients change maladaptive emotions and create more adaptive meaning of events and feelings. The chapters present each stage of case formulation in depth, followed by case examples that apply the case formulation method to a cross-section of clinical disorders, including depression, anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders.

Couples in Treatment

Couples in Treatment
Author: Gerald R. Weeks
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135233950

This third edition of Couples in Treatment helps readers conceptualize and treat couples from multiple perspectives and with a multitude of techniques. The authors do not advocate any single approach to couple therapy and instead present basic principles and techniques with wide-ranging applicability and the power to invite change, making this the most useful text on integrative, systemic couple therapy. Throughout the book the authors consider the individual, interactional, and intergenerational systems of any case. Gerald Weeks’ Intersystems Model, a comprehensive, integrative, and contextual meta framework, can be superimposed over existing therapy approaches. It emphasizes principles of therapy and can facilitate assessing, conceptualizing couples’ problems, and providing helpful interventions. Couple therapists are encouraged to utilize the principles in this book to enhance their therapeutic process and fit their approach to the client, rather than forcing the client to fit their theory.

Couple Therapy

Couple Therapy
Author: Len Sperry
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1351051563

This new edition of Couples Therapy tackles four challenges currently facing the field: (1) accountability and the increasing demands for demonstrating effectiveness as a condition for reimbursement, (2) the need for practitioners to reconfigure their practice patterns in an ever-involving health-care system, (3) training mental health practitioners who have not completed marital and family therapy (MFT) programs, and (4) integrating new couples approaches and interventions into everyday clinical practice. The book offers a focused vision and successful strategies for working effectively with couples, both today and tomorrow. It incorporates the best insights from the neurosciences as well as new couples theories, research, and evidence-based interventions, introducing approaches including psychoanalytic, systemic, cognitive behavioral, Adlerian, constructivist, third wave, integrative, and mindfulness-based. Chapters also present practical applications and professional considerations, with a comprehensive look at how to work with diverse issues in couples therapy, such as substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual dysfunction, infidelity, aging, and much more. This third edition of Couples Therapy is an essential resource for students as well as mental health practitioners, social workers, and family counselors who are keen to better meet the needs of couples and the demands of the changing healthcare landscape.

Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy

Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy
Author: Diane R. Gehart
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-03-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 146143033X

This book reviews the research and philosophical foundations for using mindfulness, acceptance, and Buddhist psychology in couple and family therapy. It also provides a detailed and practical approach for putting these ideas into action in the therapy room, including a mindful approach to therapeutic relationships, case conceptualization, treatment planning, teaching meditation, and intervention.

Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change, Second Edition

Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change, Second Edition
Author: Andrew Christensen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0393713644

The definitive therapist manual for Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)—one of the most empirically supported approaches to couple therapy. Andrew Christensen, codeveloper (along with the late Neil Jacobson) of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, and Brian Doss provide an essential manual for their evidence-based practice. The authors offer guidance on formulation, assessment, and feedback of couples’ distress from an IBCT perspective. They also detail techniques to achieve acceptance and deliberate change. In this updated edition of the work, readers learn about innovations to the IBCT approach in the 20+ years since the publication of the original edition—including refinements of core therapeutic techniques. Additionally, this edition provides new guidance on working with diverse couples, complex clinical issues, and integrating technology into a course of treatment.

Case Studies in Couples Therapy

Case Studies in Couples Therapy
Author: David K. Carson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136970312

This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between theory and practice; texts tend to lean in one direction or the other, either emphasizing theory and research with little practical application, or taking a cookbook approach that describes specific techniques and interventions that are divorced from any conceptual or theoretical base. However, couples therapy requires a high degree of abstract/conceptual thinking, as well as ingenuity, inventiveness and skill on the part of the therapist. Case Studies in Couples Therapy blends the best of all worlds: clinical applications with challenging and diverse couples that have been derived from the most influential theories and models in couples and family therapy, all written by highly experienced and respected voices in the field. In Case Studies in Couples Therapy, readers will grasp the essentials of major theories and approaches in a few pages and then see how concepts and principles are applied in the work of well-known clinicians. The case studies incorporate a wide variety of couples from diverse backgrounds in a number of different life situations. It is simultaneously narrow (including specific processes and interventions applied with real clients) and broad (clearly outlining a broad array of theories and concepts) in scope, and the interventions in it are directly linked to theoretical perspectives in a clear and systematic way. Students and clinicians alike will find the theoretical overview sections of each chapter clear and easy to follow, and each chapter’s thorough descriptions of effective, practical interventions will give readers a strong sense of the connections between theory and practice.