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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454353003321

Autore

Butcher James Neal <1933->

Titolo

Personality assessment in treatment planning [[electronic resource] ] : use of the MMPI-2 and BTPI / / James N. Butcher, Julia N. Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-52924-9

9786611529246

0-19-804410-0

Edizione

[[Rev. and substantially expanded ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryJulia N

ButcherJames Neal <1933->

Disciplina

616.89/075

Soggetti

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Personality assessment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: MMPI-2 in psychological treatment / James Butcher. 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Importance of psychological assessment in treatment planning -- Introduction to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) -- Hypotheses about treatment from MMPI-2 scales and indexes -- MMPI-2 supplementary scales in treatment evaluation -- MMPI-2 content indicators in evaluating therapy patients -- The Butcher Treatment Planning Inventory (BTPI) -- Use of computer-generated reports in treatment planning -- Providing the client feedback with the MMPI-2 -- Case analyses -- Postscript : objective personality in psychological treatment.

Sommario/riassunto

The establishment of frank and honest communication is one of the most important early goals of psychotherapy. Indeed, the most prominent challenge in the early stages of treatment is to develop a comfortable relationship that allows disclosure. In this volume, the authors show that objectively interpreted personality measures can be applied in psychotherapeutic assessments to facilitate an understanding of the patient and a thriving treatment program. Successful psychotherapy depends upon an early understanding of the patient's problems and personality and the establishment of attainable



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