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Therapist´s Guide to Clinical Intervention, Third Edition, is an essential reference for providing clinical services and associated case formulations requiring formalized goals and objectives. It is ideal for use in assessment, treatment, consultation, completing insurance forms, and/or participating in managed care. This practical, hand-on book, outlines treatment goals and objectives for each type of psychopathology as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual by the American Psychiatric Association. It additionally provides skill-building resources and samples of all major professional forms likely to be used in clinical treatment.

The third edition conveniently maps individualized treatment plans utilizing evidence-based best practices and standards of care. Diagnostic information is presented by associated disorder or theme for easier access. New special assessments and skill-building entries are included. Also new are numerous website/URLs associated with research articles, and consumer resources have been provided to complement clinical information and patient education.

Outlines treatment goals and objectives for DSM-IV diagnoses
Presents evidence-based best practices of intervention
Provides the basis for assessing special circumstances
Offers skill building resources to supplement treatment
Contains samples for a wide range of business and clinical forms
Supplies websites for additional clinical information and patient education

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Level of Patient Care and Practice Considerations 1. Treatment Planning: Goals, Objectives, and Interventions 2. Assessing Special Circumstances 3. Skill-Building Resources for Increasing Social Competency 4. Professional Practice Forms, Clinical Forms, Business Forms

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Johnson, Sharon L.
Sharon Johnson is a psychologist in private practice. She has participated as a committee member and chair of a Utilization Management Committee for a managed care company.

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