Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills for Mental Health Professionals: A Popular Culture Casebook Approach

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills for Mental Health Professionals: A Popular Culture Casebook Approach by Rubin, Lawrence C.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781412988827.

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills for Mental Health Professionalsby Alan M. Schwitzer and Lawrence C. Rubin is a comprehensive textbook addressing all of the clinical thinking skills required in today′s professional counseling settings. The text covers diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment planning all in one book. This book carefully explains how individual clinical tools are related to one another and are used together in contemporary clinical practice. The material is organized to promote optimal student learning with each skill presented in a step-by-step manner. Engaging and relevant, this book′s 30 case examples are drawn from pop culture characters, giving students a common background from which to learn. Link to Alan M. Schwitzer′s webpage: http://www.odu.edu/~aschwitz/ Link to Lawrence C. Rubin′s webpage: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005VHULGK "If you are interested in finding a text that creatively describes common clinical issues...this is your book! Distinguished pop-culture-in-counseling authors and educators Schwitzer and Rubin collaborate on this vast compilation of material to present step-by-step directions using vignettes within a DSM counseling paradigm. A must-read for all counselors, psychotherapists and popular culture enthusiasts!" ― Thelma Duffey, Editor, The Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, University of Texas at San Antonio "Diagnosis And Treatment Planning Skills For Mental Health Professionals: A Popular Culture Casebook Approach is a hit. We all think about popular culture figures and wonder what they′d be like if they were real. Schwitzer and Rubin carry this concept steps further by imagining 30 pop culture figures as clinical cases and approaching them as mental health professionals. Using the Inverted Pyramid Method as an organizing structure, the authors walk students through the process of diagnosing clients, conceptualizing cases, and planning treatment. They illustrate this method and the theories and research underpinning it through the cases derived from popular culture figures and, in doing so, make the material engaging, compelling, and memorable." ― Robin S. Rosenberg, Ph.D. "A true strength of this book is that the authors are able to describe complex, abstract concepts in a practical, straightforward manner that is highly accessible for students from a variety of mental health professions. The authors should be commended for integrating detailed models for developing diagnostic, case conceptualization, and treatment planning skills into one text. I recommend this extremely practical and engaging tool for all beginning clinicians as a foundation for developing strong clinical thinking skills." ―Laura Choate, Ed.D., LPC, NCC Associate Professor, Counselor Education, Louisiana State University