Case formulation — psychotherapy techniques

Based on the stamps from the significant-other list — a prediction of what the client will expect from the therapist. The hypothesis guides …

IBCT

IBCT Case Formulation

A structured description of the couple's problem through three elements: theme (the difference), trap (polarization), and mutual trap. The f…

IPT

Interpersonal Inventory

Interpersonal Inventory is an IPT intervention used to connect depressive symptoms with current interpersonal events and to turn that connec…

IPT

Timeline of Symptoms and Events

Timeline of Symptoms and Events is an IPT intervention used to connect depressive symptoms with current interpersonal events and to turn tha…

MBT

Mentalizing Narratives

A technique of joint creation of a coherent, meaningful narrative about the client's life with a focus on mental states. In MBT the case for…

MCT

Socialized Case Formulation

Building, jointly with the client, an idiographic formulation in the language of the MCT model. The therapist draws the CAS schema: trigger …

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