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Providing a solid grounding in the most widely used approaches to adult personality assessment, this invaluable text presents a framework for constructing a "moving picture" of each client by integrating data from a variety of sources. Students learn to conduct assessments that take the complexities of the individual personality into account, serve as the basis for a rational treatment plan, and facilitate meaningful reporting and client feedback. An ideal text for courses in adult assessment and personality, the volume features an extended case example that brings key concepts to life.

Few topics in mental health are as important and controversial as evidence-based practices. EBPs have profound implications for mental health practice, training, and policy. What is designated as evidence-based will determine in part what therapies and tests are conducted, what is reimbursed, what is taught, and what is researched. Unfortunately, this multifaceted topic has been reduced to simplistic and polarized arguments. This book, designed for mental health practitioners, trainers, and graduate students, addresses nine fundamental questions in the debate on evidence-based practices (EBPs). Each chapter centers on one particular question in the ongoing debate and consists of focused position papers on that question. The position papers, contributed by the some of the most respected psychologists writing today, are argued with passion and intelligence. Each chapter concludes with a dialogue among the contributors in which they emphasize their points of agreement and disagreement. This makes the book an ideal tool for teaching and discussion. contested subject, provides a balance of views, and purges needless confusion and antagonism. In doing so, the book underscores both the robust commonalities and the remaining contentions regarding evidence-based practices in mental health.

Product Description: This work reflects the dissatisfaction of a growing number of mental-health professionals who question the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' (DSM) lack of strong empirical foundations and who are confounded by its patchwork of vaguely defined disorders, each defined by seemingly arbitrary time limits or poorly related symptoms...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Featuring an overview of the main branches of psychotherapy, an expert, up-to-date guide offers readers advice on finding or getting the most out of their psychotherapy, including ways to evaluate their therapist's techniques and their own progress. UP. (view table of contents)

Product Description: INTEGRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ADULT PERSONALITYEdited by Larry E. Beutler and Michael R. Berren* What questions should a personality assessment address?* What types of information are necessary to complete an assessment? * What instruments are needed to answer the questions?* How can the data be integrated and understood once various types have been collected?* How can the integrated assessment be best utilized in treatment planning?Addressing these issues and more, this unique volume presents an integrative approach to the process of personality assessment...read more

Product Description: This review discusses current psychotherapy outcome and process research worlwide. It looks at current research and practical issues being explored, examines the intellectual history of the development of psychotherapy research, and presents an overview of the entire field...read more

Product Description: This is the first practical book from an experiential perspective to deal explicitly with blocked affect. Based on the authors' extensive clinical experience and their NIMH-sponsored research, focused expressive psychotherapy (FEP) is shown to be ideally suited for the many over controlled patients mired in "unfinished emotional business...read more