Evolving Formulations : sharing complex information with clients

Kinderman, Peter and Lobban, Fiona (2000) Evolving Formulations : sharing complex information with clients. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 28 (3). pp. 307-310. ISSN 1352-4658

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Abstract

Psychological formulations are central to cognitive behavioural approaches. The use of such formulations presents a number of difficulties when working with clients with psychotic problems. Despite this, sophisticated psychological formulations can be collaboratively developed with psychotic clients. This paper presents one method of developing such formulations through an evolutionary process. Early in the therapeutic process, simple formulations involving straightforward theoretical models are presented, which are systematically elaborated as therapy proceeds. This involves developing, collaboratively with clients, successive layers of formulation. Each of these layers builds on and incorporates the previous one, yet involves an incremental increase in complexity, depth and informational content. The evolutionary process is illustrated with a case example.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? formulationcognitive therapypsychosis complexity informationclinical psychology ??
ID Code:
49366
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Deposited On:
28 Jul 2011 15:16
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Yes
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Published
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28 Mar 2024 00:37