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Therapists need an effective approach to case conceptualization that has three key functions. It must explain and guide treatment, and it must predict challenges and obstacles that are likely to arise over the course of treatment. This allows therapists to proactively respond.
The 15 Minute Case Conceptualization is a clinician-friendly approach that is quick to use and easy to learn and master.
List of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. The Pattern-Focused Case Conceptualization Approach
- 2. Pattern: Heart of the Pattern-Focused Case Conceptualization Approach
- 3. Case Conceptualization Basics: Nine Behavioral Markers
- Presentation
- Precipitant
- Predisposition
- Pattern
- Protective factors
- Perpetuants
- Personality-Culture
- Plan
- Predictive factors
- 4. Brief Case Conceptualization
- Step 1. Specify Presenting Problem and Precipitants
- Step 2. Identify Maladaptive Pattern
- Step 3. Identify Predisposing Factors and Perpetuants
- Step 4. Specify Treatment Goals and Interventions
- Step 5. Specify Treatment Challenges
- 5. Brief Case Conceptualization Practice
- 6. Full-Scale Case Conceptualization
- Step 1. Specify Presenting Problem/Precipitants
- Step 2. Identify Maladaptive Pattern
- Step 3. Identify Predisposing Factors and Perpetuants
- Step 4. Identify Cultural Factors, Explanations, Expectations
- Step 5. Identify Protective Factors
- Step 6. Specify Treatment Goals (First and Second Order)
- Step 7. Specify Treatment Interventions, including Cultural
- Step 8. Specify Treatment Challenges
- 7. Full Scale Case Conceptualizations Practice
- 8. Couple and Family Case Conceptualizations
- 9. Mastering the Competency of Pattern-Focused Case Conceptualization
- 10. Pattern-Focused Case Conceptualization: Origins and Evidence
- Appendix
About the author
Len Sperry, MD, PhD, is Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Mental Health Counseling Department, Florida Atlantic University and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Jon Sperry, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida and is also a staff therapist at the Counseling and Psychological Services at Florida Atlantic University. Sperry has co-authored four textbooks on case conceptualization and has lectured about this topic around the globe. He was President of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) from 2017-2018; and he is currently the co-editor in chief of the Journal of Individual Psychology (JIP).
Summary
Therapists need an effective approach to case conceptualization that has three key functions. It must explain and guide treatment, and it must predict challenges and obstacles that are likely to arise over the course of treatment. This allows therapists to proactively respond. The 15 Minute Case Conceptualization is a clinician-friendly approach that is quick to use and easy to learn and master.
