Bridging Case Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention

by Scott T. Meier

• ISBN13: 9780761923688
• ISBN10: 0761923683
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-17
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Many training programs assume that if students receive separate courses in research design, assessment, and counseling, they will naturally integrate this information into their work with clients. Unfortunately this mode of science-practice integration often fails. Bridging Case Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention presents a new approach to the integration of science and practice in clinical work. Author Scott T. Meier systematically connects case conceptualization, assessment, and analysis of intervention effects. This integrative approach differs from traditional methods of teaching counseling in its emphasis on the inclusion of assessment data in the intervention process. This innovative, transtheoretical volume examines Key elements of conceptualization, assessment, and analysis The role of structured feedback in the clinical process Outcome elements for multiple and selected problems Assessment methods and psychometric principles Graphical, qualitative, and quantitative analytic techniques Numerous case studies Possible future directions for science-practice efforts Bridging Case Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention provides an effective method for thinking about, organizing, and focusing on the key elements of counseling processes and outcomes. By integrating case conceptualization and assessment data into intervention decisions, students and clinicians will understand when and why counseling is ineffective and have a basis for adjusting treatment to improve clinical outcomes. With its emphasis on concepts and procedure, Bridging Case Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention is intended as a manual for students in psychology, psychiatry, social work, or counseling and practicing psychotherapists, psychiatrists, or counselors.

Author Biography

Scott T. Meier: State University of New York, Buffalo

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(13)
Building on Traditional Nomothetic Approaches	6	(5)
Assumptions and Values	11	(1)
Basic Tasks	12	(2)
Case Conceptualization	14	(35)
What Information Is Needed?	15	(2)
Sources of Information for Conceptualization	17	(9)
Creating a Case Conceptualization	26	(13)
A Conceptualization Example	39	(3)
Treatment Failure	42	(4)
Summary and Cautions	46	(3)
Clinical Assessment	49	(34)
General Measurement Principles	50	(3)
Common Types of Assessments and Tests	53	(7)
Other Methods	60	(1)
Ruling Out Methods	61	(2)
Units of Measurement	63	(2)
Creating a Clinical Assessment	65	(1)
Begin With the Case Conceptualization	65	(1)
Explicate Constructs	66	(7)
Measure Behaviors	73	(3)
Collect as Much Data as Possible	76	(4)
Summary and Cautions	80	(3)
Analyses of Clinical Data	83	(41)
Analyses Related to Outcome	84	(11)
Analyses Related to Conceptualization	95	(20)
Analyses Related to Assessment	115	(4)
Data Patterns	119	(2)
Computer Systems	121	(1)
Summary and Cautions	122	(2)
Alternative Explanations	124	(27)
Issues in Case Conceptualization	125	(8)
Issues in Clinical Assessment	133	(13)
Issues in Analytic Judgments	146	(4)
Summary	150	(1)
Possible Futures	151	(14)
How Change Might Occur	151	(5)
Obstacles to Change	156	(1)
Research Into Science-Practice Integration	157	(5)
Conclusion	162	(3)
References	165	(22)
Index	187	(4)
About the Author	191