Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention: The 1-2-3's of Treatment Planning

by Sharon L. Johnson

Overview

Therapist’s Guide to Clinical Intervention, Third Edition, is an essential reference for providing clinical services and associated case formulations requiring formalized goals and objectives. It is ideal for use in assessment, treatment, consultation, completing insurance forms, and/or participating in managed care. This practical, hand-on book, outlines treatment goals and objectives for each type of psychopathology as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual by the American Psychiatric Association. It additionally provides skill-building resources and samples of all major professional forms likely to be used in clinical treatment.The third edition conveniently maps individualized treatment plans utilizing evidence-based best practices and standards of care. Diagnostic information is presented by associated disorder or theme for easier access. New special assessments and skill-building entries are included. Also new are numerous website/URLs associated with research articles, and consumer resources have been provided to complement clinical information and patient education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128111765
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/07/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Sharon Johnson is a psychologist in private practice. She has participated as a committee member and chair of a Utilization Management Committee for a managed care company.

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A must-have reference for clinicians completing insurance forms or practising in treatment settings!

Table of Contents

Introduction
Treatment Planning: Goals, Objectives, and Interventions
Assessing Special Circumstances
Skill-Building Resources for Increasing Social Competency
Professional Practice Forms, Clinical Forms, Business Forms

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A third edition of Johnson’s bestselling guide to clinical intervention for all patients, all disorders and all treatment regimens