Individualizing Psychological Assessment
A Collaborative and Therapeutic Approach
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:1st Jan '94
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Assessments by psychologists, educators, and other human-service professionals too often end with the client being reported in terms of scores, bell-shaped curves, traits, psychodynamic forces, or diagnostic labels. Individualizing Psychological Assessment uses these classification devices in ways that facilitate returning from them to the individual's life, both during the assessment session and in written reports. The book presents an approach and procedures through which a person's actual life becomes the subject matter of assessment. Thoroughly revised from the previous edition, the book presents a wide range of concrete examples and illustrative cases that will serve both students and practicing professionals alike in individualizing assessments.
On the 1st edition:
"...terrific book...a gem...groundbreaking reconceptualization of assessment, of how to get past impersonal, test-oriented roles for clinicians... the best guide to putting together responsible clinical evaluations with a genuinely personal, involving, experiential feel for the client."
—Stanley L. Brodsky
University of Alabama
"...a revolutionary book...a coherent philosophical approach to psychological assessment that spurs us to look at test results and to interact with clients in a new and useful way."
—Stephen E. Finn
Director, Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, Texas
"...unique in psychological assessment literature....includes one of the best sections on report-writing I have ever read."
—Barry A. Ritzler
Long Island University
"...a thorough-going revisioning of what it means to assess another person...a comprehensive, integrative interest, a rapprochement between traditional and human science assessment data...a fine teaching book....I came away stimulated into new thoughts, greatly enriched in my clinical knowledge, and impressed by the originality of her approach toward the faithful reflection of our psychological life."
—Robert J. Masek
West Georgia College
ISBN: 9780805815863
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 771g
424 pages