Re:Assessment in Outpatient settings

Personally, I don't use the MMPI and similar assessment instruments very often with clients I'm seeing for ongoing therapy. Traditional psychological testing can be quite useful when there is a need to make an assessment, diagnosis, and/or treatment recommendations after limited contact with an individual but it doesn't really get at the information I need for treatment.

Most of my assessment is done through clinical interview and through client self-monitoring (Thought Records, etc.). There are various questionnaires for assessing irrational beliefs, dysfunctional attitudes, and other constructs relevant to CT but I usually rely on interview and self-monitoring.

Here are a few references on assessment in CBT:

Guidano, V. & Liotti, S. (1983). Assessment of cognitive structures. In: Cognitive processes and emotional disorders. New York: Guilford Press (pp. 131-142).

Safran, J. & Segal, Z. (1990). Assessment. In: Interpersonal process in cognitive therapy. New York: Basic Books (pp. 79-113).

Segal, Z. & Cloitre, M. (1993). Methodologies for studying cognitive features of emotional disorders. In: K. Dobson & P. Kendall (Eds.) Psychopathology and cognition. San Diego: Academic Press (pp. 1950).

Segal, Z. & Shaw, B. (1988). Cognitive assessment: Issues and methods. In: K. Dobson (Ed). Handbook of cognitive behavioral therapies. New York: Guilford Press (pp. 3981).

Segal, Z. (1988). Appraisal of the self-schema construct in cognitive models of depression. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 147-162.

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Re:Assessment in Outpatient settings, by Monica, 03/11/02

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