Publisher's Synopsis
Psychological treatment - using psychodynamic, behavioural, or any other approach - is most successful when both the therapist and client have a clear understanding of the client's problems, weaknesses, resources, and strengths. In this book, James Butcher, a member of the team that developed the new Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test (MMPI-2), focuses on how the MMPI-2 can provide objective information to both the client and clinician, and how this information can be used in treatment planning and selection. By using the MMPI, the most widely researched and most frequently administered clinical assessment tool, the clinician can provide objective feedback both before treatment begins, as a baseline, and as treatment progresses. The book includes several MMPI-2 'special sales', such as Es and Mac-R, which have been found useful in providing specific information about the client's present self-orientation.
