This book is a comprehensive guide to Therapeutic Assessment (TA) with adults, showing how to collaboratively engage clients in psychological testing to help them achieve major and long-lasting change.

This guide clearly lays out each step of TA with adults, including its rationale and detailed instructions on how to handle a range of clinical situations. Additionally, in part one, the authors fully describe the development of TA, its theoretical bases, and the most up-to-date research on the model. In the second part of the book, the authors describe the structure and techniques of TA, and illustrate each step with transcripts from a clinical case. Further clinical illustrations help the reader understand how to conduct a TA with different types of clients, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds.

This book is essential for all clinicians, therapists and trainees working with adult clients; along with students in assessment courses.

About the Author

Francesca Fantini is a licensed psychologist at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Universita Cattolica di Milano, Italy, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment institute.

Filippo Aschieri is a licensed psychologist at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment and Associate Professor of Psychology at the Universita Cattolica di Milano, Italy. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.

Raja M. David is a licensed psychologist and the founder and owner of the Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment in St. Paul, MN.

Hale Martin is a licensed psychologist in Denver, CO, and Clinical Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.

Stephen E. Finn is a licensed psychologist at the Center for Therapeutic Assessment in Austin, TX, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is President of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute.

Reviews

Fantini and colleagues exquisitely convey state-of-the-art knowledge of Therapeutic Assessment with adults in this highly engrossing book that grounds specific TA methods in their theoretical, conceptual, and empirical bases. This is a valuable resource for every personality assessor, psychotherapist, assessment instructor, and student interested in the depth and impact of assessment interventions.

Radhika Krishnamurthy, Clinical Psychology Professor at Florida Tech, and Former President of the Society for Personality Assessment

The authors sensitively illustrate, from first contact with an assessment client through to their summary session and beyond, how the assessor's role can facilitate transformative change. A decade-plus into my experience with Therapeutic Assessment, I found myself learning significantly from this volume, and grateful for the chance to further refine my approach.

Seth Grossman, primary co-author of the MCMI-IV

This eagerly-awaited textbook comprehensively encapsulates the theory and practice of Therapeutic Assessment, the term created by Stephen E. Finn three decades ago to describe his unique assessment practice. This is essential reading for psychologists worldwide who want to advance their assessment skills and learn a proven method of helping clients change.

Noriko Nakamura, Clinical Director, Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Tokyo

Useful both to students learning the craft of psychological assessment as well as practicing professionals...All readers regardless of their experience will surely benefit from the trenchant observations present in the abundant detailed case examples and transcripts.

Mark H. Waugh, Hannah Hunter Mckenzie Martin and Will Kelner, book review, Journal of Personality Assessment, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

Book Information
ISBN 9780367194949
Author Francesca Fantini
Format Paperback
Page Count 302
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 500g