Therapeutic Assessment of a Man With “ADD”

Finn, Stephen E.

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“…In light of calls for the improved evaluation of psychological trauma (e.g., Courtois, 2008), it may be useful to consider temperament an important construct to assess among survivors of IPV and potentially other traumatic experiences. Indeed, clinical intervention literature has increasingly emphasized the role of assessing temperament and other aspects of individual characteristics, both as a means of formulating and selecting appropriate treatment protocols (Harkness & Lilienfeld, 1997) and as a therapeutic intervention in and of itself (Finn, 2007), especially for survivors of psychological trauma (Evans, 2012; Overton, 2012). Future research on how best to leverage temperament traits specifically in the clinical assessment of and intervention with survivors of IPV and other traumatic stressors would be useful extensions of this study.…”

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Main and moderating effects of temperament traits on the association between intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in a sample of young adult women.

Yalch¹,

Levendosky²

2018

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Main and moderating effects of temperament traits on the association between intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in a sample of young adult women.

Yalch¹,

Levendosky²

2018

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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“…Measuring decentering processes in stories has the advantage of providing a congenial platform for intervention. Using a collaborative (Fischer, 1994) or therapeutic assessment approach (Finn, 2007), the clinician familiar with the Feffer et al (2008) scoring system might test the limits after storytelling with an extended inquiry that provides increasing structure to scaffold a higher-level score (e.g., by asking, “What might this character be thinking? Does she know what he is planning to do?…”

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Clients’ TAT Interpersonal Decentering Predicts Psychotherapy Retention and Process

Jenkins

Nowlin

2018

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Abstract. This naturalistic pilot study examined interpersonal decentering, a form of social cognitive maturity and self–other mentalizing scored from the Thematic Apperception Test, as a client personality variable that might predict psychotherapy retention and clients’ perceptions of in-session process. Clients having difficulty with mature decentering might struggle to engage in therapy, need different interventions, and be at risk for therapy dropout. Thematic Apperception Test stories were gathered from new outpatient therapy clients soon after their intake session. Interpersonal decentering scores from the nine stories were used to predict outpatients’ therapy attrition or perceptions of psychotherapy process four to six sessions later. Clients’ perceptions of therapy events commonly associated differentially with psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapies were measured using self-rated items from the Psychotherapy Process Q-set. Lower decentering scores predicted early attrition (before Session 6). Clients with more mature decentering scores reported more frequent psychodynamic relative to cognitive-behavioral therapy process events in these early sessions. Lower decentering maturity may limit clients’ processing of psychodynamic interventions. Interpersonal decentering may be a valuable, easy-to-score assessment tool for predicting attrition risk and making treatment planning recommendations for intervention strategies.

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“…In this model of child custody evaluation there is an intrinsic connection between assessment and “family transformative potential,” a connection that is also at the basis of a therapeutic assessment approach (Finn, 2007 ) and that, therefore, goes well beyond the production of a static snapshot of the participating subjects (Gennari and Tamanza, 2017 ). In fact, knowledge of the people and their relations is connected to the dynamic of the separation, as a transformation occurring in the way family is lived during the separation.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody Evaluation: A Model for Preliminary Clinical Intervention

2018

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Intimate partner violence is defined by the World Health Organization as “any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, or sexual harm to those in the relationship” and it refers to a specific relationship dynamic. In recent decades, an increasing number of studies have focused on this phenomenon, considering its exponential growth over time. Many studies have focused on risk factors for violence within the couple relationship. This paper specifically analyses the association between violence and separation or divorce. Although many interventions have been developed over the years, the effectiveness of extant interventions on violent behaviors is not yet empirically supported. Since clinical experience allows to affirm that both partners can be involved in treatment for intimate partner violence especially during mandated proceedings, the present study focuses on domestic violence in separated couples involved in a child custody evaluation process. In this case, literature supports the need for individualized assessment in order to promote the best intervention according to the specific conditions of each partner, whether the battered one or the perpetrator. However, little research has been done on child custody evaluation in the presence of violent couples. The aim of the present study is to present a model of couple clinical intervention with a separated violent couple in the context of a child custody evaluation. This model can be defined as relational-intergenerational and its main aim is to understand the exchange between familial generations and to search for factors that safeguard and care for family relations. Furthermore, according also to the therapeutic assessment approach, there is an intrinsic connection between assessment and “family transformative potential.” This paper presents the specific working methodology underlying this model, through the description of a single clinical case. In particular, the proposed model provides a multi-dimensional assessment comprising three levels: individual, evaluating parents' history through representations, thoughts, and feelings; interpersonal, investigating the different relations; discussion and dialogue with the parental couple about findings.

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Therapeutic Assessment of a Man With “ADD”

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Main and moderating effects of temperament traits on the association between intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in a sample of young adult women.

Main and moderating effects of temperament traits on the association between intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in a sample of young adult women.

Clients’ TAT Interpersonal Decentering Predicts Psychotherapy Retention and Process

Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody Evaluation: A Model for Preliminary Clinical Intervention

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