Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists |
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Author:
| Williams, Lee Edwards, Todd M. Patterson, JoEllen Chamow, Larry |
Series title: | The Guilford Family Therapy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4625-0881-5 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
Publisher: | Guilford Publications
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Imprint: | Guilford Press, The |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $145.00USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionShowing 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, Second 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.