Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the field of clinical psychologyfocused on the roles both science and clinical experience play intoday''s evidence-based practice environment
Clinical psychology has been undergoing a revolution--driven byresearch and the need to identify and develop scientifically proveninterventions that improve client care. By the time a studentcompletes his or her graduate work, the field will have evolvedeven more. With the role of clinical psychologists and theenvironment in which they work rapidly evolving, the trainingchallenge has never been so great.
Thorough and realistic in presentation, Clinical Psychology:Integrating Science and Practice helps students gain the tools theyneed to become thoughtful and effective clinicians. This accessiblywritten text provides a foundation of the basics of thepsychotherapy process, grounded in an integration of its science,theory, and, ultimately, practice.
Filled with case examples that illustrate re
Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction.
1. Introduction: The history, politics and social environment ofclinical psychology.
2. The fields of clinical psychology: Professional culture andsubspecialties.
3. Working with cultural diversity.
4. Clinical research and outcome assessment.
Part II. Basic Techniques for Clinicians AssessmentTechniques.
5. Why people become clients: Understanding Psychopathology.
6. Introduction to assessment: The biopsychosocial systems modelof human behavior.
7. A scientific approach to assessment and methods of gatheringdata.
8. The logistics of assessment and a closer look at the clinicalinterview.
9. Developing a case conceptualization.
10. Developing a treatment plan: therapeutic alliance andcollaborative goals.
11. Therapeutic methods: building psychotherapy skills.
12. Understanding, facilitating and evaluating change.
13. Impediments to change.
14. Effective Termination.
Part III. What Every Clinician Needs to Know.
15. Self care and ethics: applying the techniques of positivepsychology.
