Main description:

Psychological testing is most valuable when it makes a meaningful difference in a person's treatment. This groundbreaking book offers a person- and treatment-centred approach to psychological testing, as opposed to the more common test-centred approach. The result is a clinically nuanced and robust approach to inference making and data synthesis.

The book's four sections parallel the flow of an examiner moving from overview to detail and back to synthesis:

Part I describes treatment-centred diagnosis
Part II focuses on assessment of the patient's psychological capacities
Part III shows how to integrate the test information into a working understanding of the patient's problems
Part IV explains how to consolidate test findings and communicate them clearly, using a detailed case example and sample report

Readers will find much to benefit from in this evidence-based book linking test results to meaningful individualised treatment.

Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Basic Framework
Treatment-Centered Diagnosis and the Role of Testing
Inference Making
Test Referral and Administration
II. Key Psychological Capacities to Assess and Where to Look in the Data
Reasoning and Reality Testing
Emotional Regulation: Balance and Effectiveness
Experience of Self and Other Part A: Implications for Alliance
Experience of Self and Other Part B: Narcissistic Vulnerability
III. Diagnostic Considerations
Conceptualizing Underlying Developmental Disruption
Assessing Underlying Developmental Disruption: Case Illustrations
IV. Putting It All Together
Communicating our Findings: Test Report Writing and Feedback
Detailed Case Example with Sample Report
References
Index