Concreteness and Specificity in Clinical Psychology Evaluations and Interventions /

• Main Author: L'Abate, Luciano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

This provocative volume updates L' Abate's signature ideas, focusing in particular on the concepts of concreteness and specificity as basic tenets of evaluation and therapy. Noting society's growing familiarity with technology, current concerns about treatment accessibility, and wides...

Table of Contents:

• Definitions of Terms
• The Future is Now: Online Interventions are here to stay and to grow
• Present Status and Future Perspectives for Personality and Family Assessment
• Practice without Theory
• Beyond Systems Thinking: Toward a Unifying Framework of Human Relationships
• Combining Theory with Practice
• Programmed Interactive Practice Exercises and Prescriptions
• Conclusion: Implications for Evaluation, Therapy, and Training.