The Clinical Utility of Approaching Therapeutic Assessment with a Systems Theory Orientation

Date of Award

Spring 6-10-2016

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Shelly Smith-Acuña

Second Advisor

Hale Martin

Third Advisor

Erin Jacklin

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

Therapeutic assessment, Psychological assessment, Child’s psychopathology, Systems theory

Abstract

Therapeutic Assessment (TA) is an approach to psychological assessment in which the assessor and client collaboratively build understanding of the client’s presenting problem. In Therapeutic Assessment with Children (TA-C), the parents also participate in the process of building understanding of their child’s psychopathology. This study proposes that TA-C can be more effective when Systems Theory is integrated and the whole family becomes the “patient” in the assessment. This paper presents a case study in which Systems Theory was utilized and integrated in a TA-C, and then examines the benefits and limitations of this approach

Copyright Date

6-17-2016

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Chelsea Towler

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

38 pgs

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