The Integral Intake: A Guide to Comprehensive Idiographic Assessment in Integral Psychotherapy

by Marquis; Andre

• ISBN13: 9780415957663
• ISBN10: 0415957664
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-12-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using formal assessment instruments in counseling and psychotherapy is an efficient and systematic way to obtain information about clients and to subsequently tailor a counseling approach most likely to serve clients optimally. The more information a counselor obtains during the initial interview and first sessions, the more likely the client will be deeply understood by the counselor, which in turn increases the likelihood that an appropriate course of counseling will be taken, and ultimately leading to a more successful outcome. The Integral Intake is an idiographic, biographical, multidimensional assessment instrument based upon the Integral Psychology pioneered by Ken Wilber. From the perspective of Integral theory, comprehensive and holistic conceptualization of clients seeking counseling and psychotherapy includes knowledge of four distinct perspectives (quadrants) of each client: the client's experience (the individual viewed subjectively/from within), the client's behavior (the client viewedobjectively/from without), the client's culture (the client's system viewed subjectively/from within), and the client's social system (the client's system viewed objectively/from without). The intake form is designed to provide the practitioner with a range of background information that can then be used to more quickly and effectively formulate a counseling/treatment approach. The assessment form and accompanying materials will be included on a companion CD, formatted to be printed and reproduced for use with each new client. The book will provide an overview of the Integral Psychology model, describe the development of the assessment form and its use, and provide general guidelines for the evaluation of responses and planning for an appropriate counseling approach. A series of case examples, based on actual completed intake forms, will provide insight into the use of the Integral Intake.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Some General Assessment Foundations	p. 1
Integral Theory: The Metatheory Behind the Integral Intake	p. 23
Quadratic Assessment	p. 45
The Spectrum of Development, Pathology, and Treatment	p. 61
Development Lines and the Integral Psychograph	p. 103
States of Consciousness, Personality Types, and the Self	p. 131
Putting It All Together: Interpreting Clients' Responses and Treatment Planning (Case Examples)	p. 169
Research: Past and Future Developments	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 259
The Integral Intake	p. 263
References	p. 277
Index	p. 287
About the Author	p. 293
CD Contents	p. 295
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