Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment

by Victoria E. Kress

Practical guidance on selecting and applying treatments for clients who have mental disorders
Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment offers students and new counselors specific treatment planning, implementation, and intervention strategies in addition to background information on clinical issues and DSM-5 diagnoses and interventions.
A strength-based framework for conceptualizing and treating clients guides students through the process of selecting and implementing treatments. Real-life examples illustrate how critical counseling concepts and approaches are applied in actual practice. Updated with current, evidence-based treatment techniques, a new chapter on culture and ethics, and even more applications and examples, this highly practical resource empowers counselors to thoughtfully and deliberately help their clients tackle complex issues and difficulties.
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Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Grad School, School

624 pages, Hardcover

First published March 10, 2014

Reviews

[Hayley Combs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learned a lot from this book and also self diagnosed myself with just about everything in it🤣. It provided great information about mental health disorders, their symptoms, and how to treat them.

[Zoe Newcomb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for my diagnosis class and found myself actually very engaged (wild, I know). Kress writes like someone who respects both the science and the humans behind the symptoms, which makes this feel more like a guidebook and less like a DSM decoder ring. Accessible, smart, and sprinkled with enough empathy to keep it grounded and clinically helpful.

That said, the personality disorder bits felt like it showed up late to the party with a half-baked casserole. A bit more depth and organization would've made it shine like the rest. Still.. I would recommend to anyone trying to understand mental disorders without spiraling into clinical despair.

[Kristina Bartholomew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very helpful. I even considered buying it. I really enjoyed the suggested activities to do with each diagnosis. I have had to read many diagnosis books and this one was by far my favorite because it gave information that one does not typically think about and phrases it in a way that personalizes it. I did not read chapters 8, 11, 13, 14 & 15 because my class did not use these chapters.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the few textbooks I enjoyed reading not because the writing is beautiful or eloquent lol, but rather it is to the point, clear, and concise. Though the book is long it really does help as a standalone and a supplement to the DSM. I think this is one of the best textbooks I've ever read and other text writers should take note, especially when dealing with fluff.