Re:case formulation

Firstly I had never questioned the efficacy of case formulation wondering how one could choose to intervene without first formulating. Maybe this is my training (clinical psychologist) leading me to make unquestioned assumptions about the proces of therapy - lesson taken.

At times I felt a rather circular argument - if the therapy is helpful then it supports the case formulation approach, if therapy is invalid then the formulation is invalid. I wondered whether it was possible to differentiate between the process of formulation and that of the therapeutic approach.

If this argument stands then the use of cognitive therapy and the SEBT that was mentioned many times I believed was well validated.

I was left a little the wiser, and wonder about how this question may also be answered in other therapeutic genres.

Your thoughts may also provide a little clarity for me, and would be appreciated.

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