Assessment & Treatment
Focused on the critical aspects of assessment and treatment in psychotherapy, this section offers resources, guidelines, and discussions on effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to improve client outcomes.
280 articles found
Epistemic Trust, Psychopathology and the Great Psychotherapy Debate
Over the past decades, meta-analyses have found almost no clinically meaningful differences in efficacy between the various evidence-based psychotherapies. This has led to the formulation of the so-called “Dodo bird verdict”, based on the Alice in Wonderland story, which argues that “all [psychotherapies] have won and all must have prizes”. Consequently, major figures in the […]
Peter Fonagy, Ph.D. + 3 more
December 7, 2014
Psychotherapy for Individuals with Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
Can Individuals with Psychopathy Be Treated? From its first conceptualization in modern psychiatry, psychopathy has been surrounded with therapeutic pessimism (Cleckley, 1941; D’Silva, Duggan, & McCarthy, 2004; Salekin, Worley, & Grimes, 2010). Psychopathy is a severe form of antisocial personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy and remorse, self-aggrandizement, a manipulative interpersonal style and […]
Farid Chakhssi, Ph.D. + 2 more
November 30, 2014
Talking About Race in Trauma Psychotherapy
Imagine that you are working with a client of a different racial background than your own. Should the topic of race be specifically addressed? If it is addressed, how do you go about starting this conversation, and more importantly, how might your therapeutic choices impact the relationship and treatment outcomes? Why Race Matters The ethnic […]
Garrett B. Work, M.A. + 2 more
November 23, 2014
Psychotherapists Face-to-Face with Dr. John C. Norcross
Dr. Norcross talks about what has led to his success, his enthusiasm for the many professional roles that psychotherapists can develop, his role in developing the Stages of Change model, integration among different psychotherapy theoretical orientations, and evidenced-based therapeutic relationships. http://youtu.be/jINJ1A_ORho About John C. Norcross Dr. Norcross is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of […]
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP
November 20, 2014
Integrating Spirituality and Religion into Psychotherapy Practice
Download a free accompanying Power Point presentation from Dr. Barnett here: Integrating_Religion_and_Spirituality.ppt It may be easy for psychotherapists to overlook or avoid addressing our clients’ spirituality and religion in psychotherapy. Such issues may not have been addressed in our training and thus may not be seen as relevant to our clinical work with clients. After all, we […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
November 16, 2014
Psychotherapists Face-to-Face with Dr. Thomas Sexton
Dr. Sexton talks about his role in developing Functional Family Therapy (FFT) and it’s application, his beliefs on psychotherapy skills and training, and systems theory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnQCtvQUj0 About Thomas Sexton, Ph.D. Dr. Sexton is the Director of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies and professor in Counseling Psychology Program at the School of Education, Indiana University-Bloomington. […]
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP
November 13, 2014
Adaptive Affects and Experience of Self and Others in Therapy
What is Affect Phobia Therapy? ‘Affect Phobia Therapy (APT)’ is an integrative theory and treatment model by which patients’ problematic features can be understood, particularly cluster C personality disorders (avoidant, dependent, or obsessive compulsive PD). According to APT (McCullough Vaillant, 1997; McCullough & Andrews, 2001; McCullough, et al., 2003), affects and sense of self and others […]
Lene Berggraf, Ph.D. + 1 more
November 2, 2014
Psychotherapists Face-to-Face with Dr. Michael D. Yapko
Dr. Yapko talks about his interest in psychology and psychotherapy, clinical hypnosis, his focus on understanding systematic patterns of depression, short term psychotherapy treatment, his thoughts on medications for depression, and his work with elephants and elephant trainers. http://youtu.be/1p29wLQpAOU About Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. Dr. Michael D. Yapko is a clinical psychologist and author, whose work is focused […]
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP
October 30, 2014
Integrating Technology into Psychotherapy Practice
“Telehealth,” “Telepsychology,” “E-Health,” “E-Therapy;” whatever you call it, when you integrate various technologies into psychotherapy and other professional services you provide (such as clinical supervision) there are a range of important issues that each mental health clinician should be aware of and consider. While much more information is included in the accompanying downloadable Powerpoint presentation from workshops […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
October 26, 2014
Resource Toolkit
Competency Initiatives in Professional Psychology Evidence-Based Therapy Relationships Mobile Applications for use by clients as well as providers A free web-based system to help clinicians evaluate and monitor the course of treatment A library of scales appropriate of use in clinical and research applications An Excel file file available for […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
October 10, 2014
Nightmare Deconstruction and Reprocessing for Trauma-Related Nightmares
PTSD Nightmares and Sleep Disturbance and Their Treatment The increased prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military personnel and veterans over the past decade has highlighted the challenges therapists face in treating the disorder in all patients—civilians as well as service members and veterans. Two signature symptoms of PTSD are nightmares and sleep disturbance. […]
Patricia T. Spangler, Ph.D.
September 25, 2014
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk Factors Associated with Burn Injuries
The skin has been described as the largest organ of the integumentary system (Levenson, 2008). One condition affecting the skin organ is burn injuries. Serious or severe burn injuries have been described as a life-threatening state that challenges all of the integrating systems in the body (Sveen, Dyster-Aas, & Willebrand, 2009). Serious burn injuries are […]
Melissa M. Matos, M.A.
September 25, 2014