Therapeutic Assessment with Adults Using Psychological Testing to Help Clients Change

This book is a comprehensive guide to Therapeutic Assessment (TA) with adults, showing how to collaboratively engage clients in psychological testing to help them achieve major and long-lasting change. This guide clearly lays out each step of TA with adults, including its rationale and detailed instructions on how to handle a range of clinical situations. Additionally, in part one, the authors fully describe the development of TA, its theoretical bases, and the most up-to-date research on the model. In the second part of the book, the authors describe the structure and techniques of TA, and illustrate each step with transcripts from a clinical case. Further clinical illustrations help the reader understand how to conduct a TA with different types of clients, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds. This book is essential for all clinicians, therapists and trainees working with adult clients; along with students in assessment courses.

Part 1: THEORETICAL BASES, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT 1. How Can a Psychological Assessment Be Therapeutic? 2. Development of Therapeutic Assessment 3. Research on Therapeutic Assessment Part 2: STEPS OF THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT WITH ADULT CLIENTS 4. Initial Contact 5. Initial Session 6. Administering Psychological Testing and Conducting the Extended Inquiry 7. Case Conceptualization 8. Assessment Intervention Session 9. Summary/Discussion Session 10. Written Feedback 11. Follow-up Session 12. Learning, Practicing and Marketing Therapeutic Assessment 13. Forward!

Francesca Fantini is a licensed psychologist at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Università Cattolica di Milano, Italy, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment institute. Filippo Aschieri is a licensed psychologist at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment and Associate Professor of Psychology at the Università Cattolica di Milano, Italy. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute. Raja M. David is a licensed psychologist and the founder and owner of the Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment in St. Paul, MN. Hale Martin is a licensed psychologist in Denver, CO, and Clinical Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute. Stephen E. Finn is a licensed psychologist at the Center for Therapeutic Assessment in Austin, TX, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is President of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.