author: len sperry

This allows therapists to proactively respond. The 15 Minute Case Conceptualization is a clinician-friendly approach that is quick to use and easy to learn and master.

While other books focus on describing diagnostic conditions, this book focus on the critical link between psychopathology and psychotherapy.

This is the type of book instructors, trainees, and clinicians need--a short text that demystifies the case conceptualization process and provides a streamlined method for learning and mastering this competency.

... Conceptualization. “In Case Conceptualization: Mastering This Competency with ... examples are provided as well. This book should be required reading for any ... Psychology, Santa Clara University; Author, Contemporary Clinical Psychology ...

... Assertiveness training proceeds in the following fashion. First, the clinician performs a careful assessment to identify the following: situations of concern to the individual; current ... assertiveness workbook: A teach yourself guide.

... Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck, 1995, 2021). Another common measure, SUDS (Subjective Units of Distress Scale), is a client self- rating measure of their anxiety and distress on ...

... codependency is not an officially recognized mental health disorder , it is recognized by most mental health ... Conquering Shame and Codependency : 8 Steps to Freeing the True You . Center City , MN : Hazelden , 2014 . Cognitive ...

... 202-203 Accounting reports , importance of , 199 Accrual accounting , 203 ... budget , 182 cash budget , 182 exercises for , 191 expense budget , 181–182 ... variance analysis , 185–190 zero - based , 185 see also Self - Assessment of ...

... Cloninger (1987, 2000; Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, 1993) hypothesize ... theories and models, there are a number of different clinical formulations ... personality disorders 2 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DSM-IV-TR PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

... mental disorder characterized by a pattern of social withdrawal , feelings of ... 5 . Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by ... persona ( image ) . The independent behavior of the counterdependent ...

... The science of trust: Emotional attunement for couples. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. Haley, J. (1980). Leaving home: The therapy of disturbed young people. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Hostinar, C. E., Davidson, R. J., Graham, R. J. ...

Recognizing, Healing, and Preventing Ministry Impairment Len Sperry. neurosis : psychoneurosis and character neurosis . Intense anxiety , pain , and suffering are experienced by those with a psychoneuro- sis . Persons with a character ...

... Adjustment Test and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale to r = .93 for husbands and for wives . Discrimination , item , and factor analyses have been conducted by Cross and Sharpley ( 1981 ) . Availability and source . The scale is available in ...

... (e.g., birth, marriage, divorce, death) as well as the nature and intensity of relationships among family members. For example, it can be used in family assessment from a normative and a nonnormative clinical standpoint. Used by Bowenian ...

The Essential Guide for Mental Health Professionals Len Sperry. Psychotherapy Notes ... progress. Psychosocial Assessment A psychosocial assessment will generally ... SOAP, etc.). SOAP Notes A four section progress or psychotherapy note in ...

... The family crucible . New York : Harper / Collins . Neill , J. R. , & Kniskern , D. P. ( Eds . ) . ( 1982 ) . From psyche to system : the evolving therapy of Carl Whitaker . New York : Guilford Press . Roberto , L. G. ( 1991 ) ...

... notes , which are not required to be ... BIRP , etc. ) , they all essentially convey the same in- formation . One of the more widely used formats is the SOAP note ... example : Subjective . Couple came to scheduled couples session . They ...

... Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (J. Beck, 1995). Another common measure, SUDS (Subjective Units of Distress Scale), is a client self-rating measure of their anxiety and distress on a 1 ...

... Review of Psychiatry. Vol. 2 (pp. 98–115). Washington, DC: American ... The sociopath next door. New York, NY: Broadway Books. Strauss, J., Hayes, A ... Review of Psychoanalysis, 7, 291–298. Tacbacnik, N. (1965). Isolation, transference ...

... Faith Development Theory and Research Given that Fowler's model is based on Kohlberg's research , it should not be surprising that the Faith Development model would be subject to criti- cism . Ford - Grabowsky's critique of Fowler's model ...

... DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). DSM-5. Diagnostic. Conceptualization. ADHD in the DSM-5 The primary current reference for clinical diagnosis among most ... made in the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD from the DSM-IV-TR were not as ...

... scale is reported to be .96. For the Dyadic Consensus, Dyadic Satisfaction, Dyadic Cohesion, and Affectional Expression scales, the Cronbach's alpha scores are .90, .94, .86 and .73, respectively (Spanier & Thompson, 1982). Validity ...

... Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) Type of instrument. Like the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) had its origins in family sociology. Developed by Graham Spanier (1976), the DAS is a 32-item questionnaire ...

... job she had held for about 10 years . The patient readily admits she prefers to be alone but denies that this is a 234 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DSM - IV - TR PERSONALITY DISORDERS Case Study: Schizotypal Personality Disorder.

... Paul : " I say ' No ' a hundred times and I start to cry and I get that overwhelmed feeling ' cause you're not listening . " Sandy wonders whether she becomes upset when things are going well because she is afraid of being rejected ...

... Dyadic Adjustment Scale is a 32 - item questionnaire that utilizes a Likert - type format . Because 11 of these items were taken directly from the Locke - Wallace Marital Adjustment Test , it is not surprising to find that the Dyadic ...

A Recovery Guide for Workplace Aggression and Bullying Maureen P. Duffy, Len ... bully is both a practical one and a theoretical one. On the practical side ... hunting” doesn't make sense. While workplace mobbing does involve individual ...

... Cloe Madanes spearheaded the development of a form of strategic therapy with the belief that problems are maintained by a faulty hierarchy within the couple's relationship. The goal of therapy is to alter the interactions and change the ...

... transference between the patient and therapist. The therapeutic stance ... Focused Psychotherapy. Clarkin, Cain, and Livesey (2015) developed transference focused ... Psychotherapy. From a dynamic perspective, supportive psychotherapy is less.

... aversion therapy in an effort to shorten his sentence . This kind of therapy is a treatment in which the patient is ... definition of goodness . It asks whether it makes sense to use aversion therapy to stop immoral behavior . It is ...

... 90R ( SCL - 90R , Derogatis , 1977 ) . The SCL - 90R was based on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist ( see Derogatis , et al . , 1974a , b ) . The re- sponse categories of the SCL - 90R inquire into how much distress each symptom has caused ...

... formulation is a descriptive statement that answers the “What happened?” question. This formulation identifies the presenting problem, its triggers, and the client's maladaptive pattern (e.g., a 92 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS Case ...