Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Family Therapy, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Social Work, Medical, Specialties, Psychiatry
| Author: | Lee Williams, PhD, LMFT, Todd M. Edwards, PhD, LMFT, JoEllen Patterson, PhD, LMFT, Larry Chamow, PhD, LMFT | ISBN: | 9781609180812 |
| Publisher: | Guilford Publications | Publication: | July 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | The Guilford Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lee Williams, PhD, LMFT, Todd M. Edwards, PhD, LMFT, JoEllen Patterson, PhD, LMFT, Larry Chamow, PhD, LMFT |
| ISBN: | 9781609180812 |
| Publisher: | Guilford Publications |
| Publication: | July 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | The Guilford Press |
| Language: | English |
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns with adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help beginning family therapists remember what to include in assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients.
See also the authors' Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition: From the First Interview to Termination, which addresses all aspects of real-world clinical practice, and Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns with adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help beginning family therapists remember what to include in assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients.
See also the authors' Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition: From the First Interview to Termination, which addresses all aspects of real-world clinical practice, and Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.
