Bridging Case Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention

Scott T. Meier is Professor and Co-Director of Training of the Program in Counseling/School Psychology, Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo. His major research and teaching areas focus on psychological assessment and testing (particularly outcome assessment), research methods (particularly program evaluation), and counseling skills (particularly the integration of case conceptualization and assessment with intervention). Meier is the author or co-author of 4 books (including the Elements of Counseling) and 40 journal articles. He is a licensed psychologist who received his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 1984.

Preface 1. Introduction Building Upon Traditional Nomothetic Approaches Assumptions and Values Basic Tasks 2. Case Conceptualization What Information is Needed? Sources of Information for Conceptualization Creating a Case Conceptualization A Conceptualization Example Treatment Failure Summary and Cautions 3. Clinical Assessment General Measurement Principles Types of Assessments and Tests Ruling Out Methods Units of Measurement Creating a Clinical Assessment Begin With the Case Conceptualization Explicate Constructs Measure Behaviors Collect As Much Data As Feasible Summary and Cautions 4. Analyses of Clinical Data Analyses Related to Outcome Analyses Related to Conceptualization Analyses Related to Assessment Data Patterns Computer Systems Summary and Cautions 5. Alternative Explanations Issues in Case Conceptualization Issues in Clinical Assessment Issues in Analytic Judgements Summary 6. Possible Futures How Change Might Occur Obstacles to Change Research Into Science-Practice Integration References Index