Description
Book SynopsisThis second edition of Irving Weiner''s classic comprehensive, clinician-friendly guide to utilizing the Rorschach for personality description has been revised to reflect both recent modifications in the Rorschach Comprehensive System and new evidence concerning the soundness and utility of Rorschach assessment. It integrates the basic ingredients of structural, thematic, behavioral, and sequence analysis strategies into systematic guidelines for describing personality functioning. It is divided into three parts.
Part I concerns basic considerations in Rorschach testing and deals with conceptual and empirical foundations of the inkblot method and with critical issues in formulating and justifying Rorschach inferences.
Part II is concerned with elements of interpretation that contribute to thorough utilization of data in a Rorschach protocol: the Comprehensive System search strategy; the complementary roles of projection and card pull in determining response characte
Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: Basic Considerations in Rorschach Testing. The Nature of the Rorschach. Approaches to Rorschach Interpretation. Part II: Elements of Rorschach Interpretation. The Comprehensive System Search Strategy. Projection and Card Pull in Rorschach Responses. Interpreting Structural Variables. Interpreting Content Themes. Interpreting Test Behaviors. Conducting a Sequence Analysis. Part III: Identifying Adaptive Strengths and Weaknesses: Case Illustrations. Introduction to Case Illustrations. Attending to Experience. Using Ideation. Modulating Affect. Managing Stress. Viewing Oneself and Relating to Others.
