Description
Book SynopsisPrevious editions of Dr. Richard B. Makover's popular handbook Treatment Planning for Psychotherapists shed light on this all-too-often neglected element of psychotherapy while squarely establishing themselves as the go-to references on the topic. Drawing on the author's years of experience, and with engaging and memorable clinical examples, the book presents a top-down, outcome-based approach to treatment planning that emphasizes the importance of the initial interview and assessment to the planning process, while providing practical advice for enhancing patient collaboration and reducing drop-out rates.
This revised edition of the guide has been updated to reflect important changes in mental health delivery systems and funding relevant to treatment providers, as well as the challenges and opportunities posed by the digital revolution. It is also more readable than ever: bullet points and chapter-end summaries distill points of emphasis, helping readers take in and reference information easily and effectively.
This third edition also features:
• An amplified chapter on assessment that explains how this crucial step should inform case formulation and, as a result, treatment planning.
• An expanded chapter on the challenges of treating patients struggling with cognitive impairment, addiction and psychoses, among other issues, ensuring that readers are equipped to handle a wide range of scenarios.
• A new, simplified approach to the often overlooked but crucial step of formulation.
• Suggested readings that will provide therapists with a comprehensive view of psychotherapy in general and treatment planning in particular.
The framework and methods offered in this edition of Treatment Planning for Psychotherapists make it an invaluable resource for clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric residents, clinical social workers—in short, anyone engaged in the challenging but necessary work of helping patients address and overcome their dysfunction.
Trade ReviewThis is a great addition to the literature for psychotherapists. With an easy to read framework, it provides therapists with a format that offers to restructure psychotherapy in a results-oriented approach. It helps to promote a simplified system to understand the therapeutic process. This straightforward model will be very useful for both new and more experienced psychotherapists who have ever felt lost or disorganized in their treatment. In addition, it integrates different therapeutic models and teaches readers to conduct therapy across a wide range of modalities.
-- Laura Gonzalez-Conty, M.D. * Doody's Book Review *
Table of ContentsPreface
About the Author
PART 1
Introduction
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. The Importance of Treatment Planning
Chapter 3. Treatment Selection
PART 2: Components
Chapter 4. The Aim
Chapter 5. Goals
Chapter 6. Strategies
Chapter 7. Tactics
PART 3: Construction
Chapter 8. Assessment
Chapter 9. Formulation
Chapter 10. The Plan
Chapter 11. The Treatment Contract
PART 4: Practice
Chapter 12. Putting It All Together
Chapter 13. Working the Plan
Chapter 14. The Structural Impasse
Chapter 15. Challenges
PART 5: Education
Chapter 16. New Learning
Chapter 17. Suggested Readings
Index
