Pepperdine University Chapter 1 Introduction to Effective Treatment Planning HW Reichenberg & Seligman Chapter 1: Introduction to Effective Treatment Plann

Pepperdine University Chapter 1 Introduction to Effective Treatment Planning HW Reichenberg & Seligman Chapter 1: Introduction to Effective Treatment Planning

1.What are a couple of reasons that diagnosis and effective treatment planning are important? p. 1-2

2.What has research discovered about the overall effectiveness of psychotherapy (i.e., what did the meta-analytic review conclude)? p. 2

3.Why is it important for clients and therapists to collaborate on goals? p. 6 In what ways are a client’s motivation and readiness to change relevant? 7

4.What is the goal of assessment? p. 8

5.How relevant is the therapeutic alliance to treatment outcome? 10 What are a couple of therapist attributes that contribute to a positive therapeutic alliance? 11

6.What are 3 examples of “locations of treatment?” p. 13-14

7.What is meant by empirically supported treatments? p. 15 Take a quick look at http://www.div12.org/psychological-treatments/treatments/ for examples of ESTs and http://www.div12.org/psychological-treatments/disorders/ for ESTs by disorder.

8.When might group therapy be used instead of or in addition to individual therapy? When might it be helpful to involve families? 20-21

9.What is the relationship between length of therapy and therapeutic outcome? 22

10.What is meant by adjunctive services and what are a few examples? 25-26