Clinical Psychology and Single-Case Evidence: A Practical Approach to Treatment Planning and Evaluation

This book offers a theory-based framework to controlled practice, a collaborative approach which involves therapists and patients as partners in a continuous optimization of psychotherapy. The authors present here the concepts, tools and detailed documentation for a practice-based approach to quality improvement in psychotherapy, which features a method of relating the therapist's working theory or conceptual approach to the needs of a specific patient well-tried and practical documentation for problem analysis and treatment planning a step-by-step guide to single-case analysis a documentation system for reviewing and improving therapy, that is, controlled practice. All clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, mental health nurses and counsellors who want to improve their ongoing clinical practice should read and use this book.

"This book will be an invaluable source of inspiration and practical guidance for the clinician seeking to improve the quality of psychotherapy with individual patients, through evaluation and controlled practice using single-case studies. Such approaches are now increasingly recognised as valid scientific tools, within research and evidence-based practice. This book helps to bridge the gap between the demands of scientists and practitioners." - Michael Bruch, Director of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Unit, University College London, UK

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