Handbook of Psychotherapy Case Formulation

by Eells, Tracy D.

• ISBN13: 9781572302167
• ISBN10: 157230216X
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781606239421
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-07-15
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
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Summary

Strong case formulations help clinicians organize complex and contradictory information about their clients. They serve as blueprints guiding treatment; provide a measure of change; facilitate empathy; predict therapeutic crises; and, increasingly, help to justify the time and expense of therapy to third-party payers. This invaluable book is designed to help clinicians at all levels of training master the fine points of case formulation within a wide range of therapeutic approaches. Written in a standard format to facilitate comparison between case formulation methods, each chapter provides a step-by-step guide to implementing the method at hand in everyday clinical work, supported by an illustrative case example. Chapter authors consider the relationship of case formulation to therapeutic technique, review each method's historical and conceptual background, and evaluate its suitability for different types of clients. Also included is information on how one can become better trained in each method, along with summaries of available research.

Author Biography

Tracy D. Eells, PhD, University of Louisville.

Table of Contents

1 Psychotherapy Case Formulation: History and Current Status	1	(25)
Tracy D. Eells
2 The Traditional Psychoanalytic Approach to Case Formulation	26	(32)
Stanley B. Messer
David L. Wolitzky
3 The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme: A Basic Case Formulation Method	58	(26)
Lester Luborsky
4 Cyclical Maladaptive Patterns: Case Formulation in Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy	84	(32)
Hanna Levenson
Hans H. Strupp
5 The Plan Formulation Method	116	(21)
John T. Curtis
George Silberschatz
6 The Idiographic Conflict Formulation Method	137	(29)
J. Christopher Perry
7 Configurational Analysis: States of Mind, Person Schemas, and the Control of Ideas and Affect	166	(26)
Mardi J. Horowitz
Tracy D. Eells
8 Case Formulation in Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression	192	(31)
John C. Markowitz
Holly A. Swartz
9 Interpersonal Case Formulation: Describing and Explaining Interpersonal Patterns Using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior	223	(37)
William P. Henry
10 Plan Analysis	260	(29)
Franz Caspar
11 Case Formulation in Cognitive Analytic Therapy	289	(25)
Anthony Ryle
Dawn Bennett
12 Cognitive-Behavioral Case Formulation	314	(26)
Jacqueline B. Persons
Michael A. Tompkins
13 Case Formulation in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder	340	(28)
Kelly Koerner
Marsha M. Linehan
14 Case Formulation in Behavior Therapy: Problem-Solving and Functional Analytic Strategies	368	(34)
Arthur M. Nezu
Christine Maguth Nezu
Stephanie H. Friedman
Stephen N. Haynes
15 Case Formulation in Process-Experiential Therapy	402	(29)
Rhonda Goldman
Leslie S. Greenberg
Index	431