Individual case formulation /

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Author / Creator:Hallam, Richard S.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:xv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Practical resources for the mental health professional
Practical resources for the mental health professional.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9050076
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ISBN:0123982693
9780123982698
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Formulation-the Main Issues
  • Case Formulation in Context
  • Different Models of Case Formulation
  • "Good and Bad" Therapists
  • Case Formulation and the Medical Model
  • Reasoning about individual Cases
  • 2. Conceptual Frameworks for Case Formulation
  • Reconciling Nomothetic Principles with an Idiographic Analysis
  • Is a Therapist's Competence Related to Therapeutic Success?
  • Has Progress Been Made in Psychotherapy?
  • A Framework for Describing Problems
  • Literal Description versus Interpretation/Hypothesis
  • Who Owns the Formulation: Therapist or Client?
  • A Common Language for Problem Description
  • How Do Therapists Acquire Their Skills?
  • Different Models of Formulation and Their Relationship to Intervention
  • Some Initial Proposals for ICF
  • 12. Evidence-Based Practice: Diagnostic and Transdiagnostic Approaches
  • Client's Problems as an Expression of Natural Dysfunctions (Disorders)
  • The Effect of Disorder-Specific Models on Practice
  • A Critique of Randomized Control Trials and Manuals as the Basis for Practice
  • Manuals as a Model for Routine Practice (MEBP)
  • Does MEBP Serve Best Practice or Other Purposes?
  • The Move Toward Transdiagnostic Models
  • 4. Theory and Evidence in Individual Case Formulation
  • Grounds for Emphasizing Common Factors in Therapy
  • Arguments for Change Methods Based on Specific Theoretical Principles
  • Current Status of Individualized Approaches to Therapy
  • 5. The Process of Reasoning in Individual Case Formulation
  • Are Practitioners Able to Think Objectively?
  • Ways of Learning about Single Individuals
  • Common Errors in Processing Information about Clients
  • Different Types of Logical Reasoning
  • 6. Narrative and Textual Analysis in Formulation
  • Social Constructionist Narrative Therapy
  • Discourse: A Different Paradigm for Formulation?
  • The Inadequacy of Textual Analysis Alone
  • Constructing New Narratives and the Process of Formulation
  • Dialogical Sequence Analysis (Stiles et al., 2006)
  • A Narrative Approach to the Formulation of Obsessions (O'Connor, Aardema, & Pélissier, 2005)
  • 7. Formulation Skills and the Therapeutic Relationship
  • The Therapist as Healer or Shaman
  • Correlational Research on Predictors of Outcome
  • What Accounts for Differences in Therapist Effectiveness?
  • Summary
  • 8. A Functional/Systemic Framework for Case Formulation
  • Basic Components of a Behavioral Description
  • Conventions for Producing a Functional Case Formulation Diagram
  • Systemic Relationships
  • 9. Future Prospects for Individual Case Formulation
  • Do Mental Health Professionals Really Take Case Formulation Seriously?
  • Is "Good-Enough" Therapy Good Enough?
  • Training in Case Formulation
  • The Dissemination of Evidence-Based Practice
  • The Future of Diagnostic-Led Formulation
  • The Trend Toward Positive Psychology
  • Guidelines for Assessment and Constructing an Individual Case Formulation (ICF)
  • Section A. Gathering Information for the Initial Formulation
  • Section B. Hypothesis-Driven Interviewing
  • Section C. Conventions for an ICF Diagram
  • Section D. Extended Assessment and ICF
  • Section E. Choice of Intervention: Revising the Formulation When an Intervention Fails
  • Bibliography
  • Index