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Assessment of Couples and Families Contemporary and Cutting Edge Strategies (The Family Therapy and Counseling Series)
An essential guide for mental health professionals, this book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary strategies and over 100 specific inventories for the systematic assessment of couples and families in various clinical and legal contexts.
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What it’s about
This book is an indispensable resource for mental health clinicians and students navigating the complexities of modern couple and family assessment. As practice shifts towards greater accountability and evidence-based methods, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary and cutting-edge strategies. It covers foundational models, general assessment techniques (qualitative, psychological testing, observational, and outcomes), and specific applications for high-stakes issues like child custody, divorce, and child abuse. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book details over 100 assessment instruments, providing matrices for easy comparison and case examples to illustrate their practical use, empowering practitioners to make informed, effective, and defensible clinical decisions.
The through-line
- Who it’s for
- A mental health clinician or graduate student who works with couples and families, who wants to be effective, confident, and accountable in their clinical work.
- The problem
- The clinician lacks a systematic framework and comprehensive knowledge of the latest assessment tools needed to handle complex couple and family issues like high-conflict divorce, child custody disputes, and family violence. The clinician feels overwhelmed by the vast number of assessment options, uncertain about which tools are reliable and valid, and anxious about making defensible recommendations in high-stakes clinical and legal situations.
- The plan
- Master the foundational models and issues of modern couple and family assessment.
- Learn general strategies for qualitative, quantitative, observational, and outcomes assessment.
- Apply specific inventories and strategies for critical situations like custody, abuse, and divorce using the provided matrices and case studies.
- The payoff
- The reader becomes a confident and competent clinician who can systematically assess complex family dynamics. · They create well-supported, evidence-based treatment plans and make defensible recommendations in legal contexts. · Their practice thrives due to its demonstrated effectiveness and accountability.
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