Category Archives: Assessment
The Structured Clinical Interview
This is an outline of some basic questions to be asked during a generic initial assessment. It’s based on the structured clinical interview format in Donald R. Peterson’s The Clinical Study of Social Behavior (1968) and Donald Meichenbaum’s suggested assessment questions in Stress Inoculation Training (1985). Continue reading
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The Hippocratic Oath in Psychotherapy
This is a proposal for a modernised version of the ancient Hippocratic Oath, sworn by doctors throughout the centuries. The traditional principles of the oath have been preserved but rephrased and modified for use by contemporary psychotherapists and hypnotherapists. Continue reading
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Problem & Goal Formulation in Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy
The process of problem formulation is integral to assessment and conceptualisation in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy. This article provides a brief outline of the method used in our approach. Continue reading
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