Beyond Diagnosis

The second edition of Beyond Diagnosis is a fully updated and expanded examination of Vic Meyer's pioneering case formulation approach and its application to cognitive behavioral therapy. Recommends dynamic, individualized assessment over standard diagnostic classification for complex individual problems Presents detailed analysis of advanced cases that are relevant for clinical practice Features a foreword by Ira Turkat, as well as discussion of the most up-to-date clinical procedures from a world-wide group of case formulation experts

List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xii 1 The Development of Case Formulation Approaches 1 Michael Bruch 2 The UCL Case Formulation Model: Clinical Process and Procedures 24 Michael Bruch 3 Case Formulation: A Hypothesis-Testing Process 53 Richard S. Hallam 4 Case Formulation and the Therapeutic Relationship 74 Peter G. AuBuchon 5 The Therapeutic Relationship as a Critical Intervention in a Case of Complex PTSD and OCD 96 Peter G. AuBuchon 6 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Personalized Case Formulation and Treatment 133 Kieron O’Connor, Amélie Drolet-Marcoux, Geneviève Larocque and Karolan Gervais 7 Cognitive-Behavioural Formulation and the Scientist-Practitioner: Working with an Adolescent Boy 165 David A. Lane and Sarah Corrie 8 Cognitive-behavioural Case Formulation in the Treatment of a Complex Case of Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Misuse 194 Samia Ezzamel, Marcantonio M. Spada and Ana V. Nikčević Appendix: Invited Case Transcript: The Initial Clinical Hypothesis 220 Ira Daniel Turkat Index 231