The Couple and Family Clinical Documentation Sourcebook


Book Description

All of the forms, inventories, checklists, client handouts, and clinical records essential to building and running a successful practice. Has the paperwork monster created by today's managed care environment crippled your couple and family practice? This handy sourcebook—the first in this discipline—is the timesaving resource you've been looking for. It provides couple and family therapists with a full arsenal of tools for assessing and treating clients' problems, and managing today's complicated practices. Providing ready-to-copy blank forms, examples of fully completed forms, and a floppy disk containing all of the blank forms in ready-to-use word-processing files, this invaluable resource will assist you in effectively and efficiently providing services. With The Couple and Family Clinical Documentation Sourcebook you'll spend less time on paperwork and more time with clients. All of the forms, inventories, checklists, client handouts, clinical records, and guidelines essential to building and running a successful practice Ready-to-use blank forms and handouts make it easy to satisfy the paperwork demands of HMOs, insurers, and regulatory agencies Completed copies of forms illustrate the exact type of information required Clear, concise explanations of the purpose of each form—including when it should be used, with whom, and at what point Forms may be copied from the book or customized on the included disk.




The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook


Book Description

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements–fully revised and updated The paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount. Keeping records for managed care reimbursement, accreditation agencies, protection in the event of lawsuits, and to help streamline patient care in solo and group practices, inpatient facilities, and hospitals has become increasingly important. Now fully updated and revised, the Fourth Edition of The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook provides you with a full range of forms, checklists, and clinical records essential for effectively and efficiently managing and protecting your practice. The Fourth Edition offers: Seventy-two ready-to-copy forms appropriate for use with a broad range of clients including children, couples, and families Updated coverage for HIPAA compliance, reflecting the latest The Joint Commission (TJC) and CARF regulations A new chapter covering the most current format on screening information for referral sources Increased coverage of clinical outcomes to support the latest advancements in evidence-based treatment A CD-ROM with all the ready-to-copy forms in Microsoft® Word format, allowing for customization to suit a variety of practices From intake to diagnosis and treatment through discharge and outcome assessment, The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Fourth Edition offers sample forms for every stage of the treatment process. Greatly expanded from the Third Edition, the book now includes twenty-six fully completed forms illustrating the proper way to fill them out. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.




Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists


Book Description

Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns with adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help beginning family therapists remember what to include in assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients. See also the authors' Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition: From the First Interview to Termination, which addresses all aspects of real-world clinical practice, and Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.




The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook


Book Description

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements The paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount. Keeping records for managed care reimbursement, accreditation agencies, protection in the event of lawsuits, and to help streamline patient care in solo and group practices, inpatient facilities, and hospitals has become increasingly important. This updated and revised Third Edition provides you with a full range of forms, checklists, and clinical records essential for effectively and efficiently managing your practice. From intake to diagnosis and treatment through discharge and outcome assessment, The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Third Edition offers sample forms for every stage of the treatment process. Greatly expanded from the second edition, the book now includes twenty-six fully completed forms illustrating the proper way to fill them out, as well as fifty-two ready-to-copy blank forms. The included CD-ROM also provides these forms in Word format so you can easily customize them to suit your practice. With The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Third Edition, you'll spend less time on paperwork and more time with clients. Includes documentation for child, family, and couples counseling Updated for HIPAA compliance, as well as to reflect the latest JCAHO and CARF regulations New focus on clinical outcomes supports the latest innovations in evidence-based practice




The Complete Anxiety Treatment and Homework Planner


Book Description

Utilizing the methodology of the bestselling PracticePlanners series, The Complete Anxiety Treatment and Homework Planner provides an all-in-one resource for treating anxiety and anxiety-related disorders-saving time and paperwork while allowing you the freedom to develop established and proven treatment plans for adults, children, adolescents, and other subgroups and populations. Includes a wide range of behavioral definition statements describing client symptoms as well as 25 customizable homework and activity assignments to be used during treatment Provides long-term goals, short-term objectives, and recommended interventions, as well as DSM-IV-TRTM diagnostic suggestions associated with each presenting problem Ready-to-copy exercises cover the most common issues encountered by a wide range of client groups struggling with anxiety and anxiety-related disorders A quick-reference format-the interactive assignments are grouped by patient type, such as employee, school-based child, adolescent, addicted adult, acute inpatient, and more Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises Includes access to ancillary Web site with downloadable resources, including sample treatment plans and customizable homework exercises




Couples and Family Client Education Handout Planner


Book Description

Includes 62 elegantly designed client handouts that provide information in a clear, user-friendly format Ideal for use in waiting rooms, at presentations, or as newsletters to help you inform clients and market your practice Enclosed CD-ROM contains all of the handouts that you can print out and distribute to your clients Help educate your couples and families on a variety of mental health topics The Couples and Family Client Education Handout Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use handouts designed to educate your clients on a variety of issues and concerns related to their mental health and personal growth. This easy-to-use sourcebook features: 62 fact-filled handouts on various psychological and emotional disorders and life skills techniques Listings of resources where clients can go for reliable, in-depth information Handouts that provide educational information on a wide variety of mental health issues affecting couples and families, including addiction, depression, parent/teen conflicts, financial stress, separation and divorce, and many others A CD-ROM that contains handouts in a PDF format–allowing you to easily print out and distribute them to suit you, your clients’, and your practice’s unique style and needs




Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner


Book Description

CONTENIDO: Addictions - Adoption - Anger Problems - Anxiety - Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents - Bipolar Disorder - Blaming - Blended Families - Child Sexual Abuse - Communication Problems - Death/Loss Issues - Depression - Disillusionment with Family Ties - Divorce/Separation - Eating Disorders - External Activities Affecting Family Role - Family Business Conflicts - Family-of-Origin Interference - Foster Care - Geographic Relocation - Inheritance Disputes - Interracial Family Problems - Intolerance/Defensiveness - Jealousy/Insecurity - Life Threatening/Chronic Illness - Multiple-Birth Dilemmas - Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Physical Disabilities - Religious/Spiritual Conflicts - Schizophrenia - School Problems - Sexual Preferences - Suicide Attempts - Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancies.




The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner


Book Description

The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner contains completeprewritten session and patient presentation descriptions for eachbehavioral problem in The Family Therapy Treatment Planner.The prewritten progress notes can be easily and quickly adapted tofit a particular client need or treatment situation. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers thefreedom to develop customized progress notes Organized around 38 main presenting problems that range fromfamily business conflicts and inheritance disputes to alcoholabuse, physical/verbal/psychological abuse, and religious/spiritualconflicts Features over 1,000 prewritten progress notes (summarizingpatient presentation, themes of session, and treatmentdelivered) Provides an array of treatment approaches that correspond withthe behavioral problems and DSM-IV-TR(TM) diagnostic categories inThe Family Therapy Treatment Planner Offers sample progress notes that conform to the requirementsof most third-party payors and accrediting agencies, including theJCAHO and the NCQA




The Continuum of Care Clinical Documentation Sourcebook


Book Description

All the forms, handouts, and records you need to meet the paperwork requirements of the managed care era In an era of third-party accountability, your professional survival could hinge on your ability to comply with the documentation requirements of insurers and regulatory agencies. Written by an experienced clinician who has trained thousands of mental health professionals in effective clinical documentation, this sourcebook helps you minimize the potential for billing disputes–or worse–by arming you with the full retinue of required forms, checklists, and records. An indispensable resource for mental health professionals working in inpatient, partial hospitalization, day treatment, and/or residential treatment programs, The Continuum of Care Clinical Documentation Sourcebook is the only book that brings together sample documents covering all stages of treatment–from intake and admission to outcome assessment. Ready-to-use blank forms, handouts, and records make it easy to satisfy the paperwork demands of HMOs, insurers, and regulatory agencies Completed copies of forms illustrate the exact type of information required Clear, concise explanations of the purpose of each form–including when it should be used, with whom, and at what point Forms may be copied from the book or customized on the included disk




A Guide to Self-Help Workbooks for Mental Health Clinicians and Researchers


Book Description

Never has the need for a compendium of self-help workbooks been so great! From the founder of the world’s first PhD program in Family Psychology comes an extensive guide to nearly all of the mental health workbooks published through 2002. Placed together in one volume for the first time, A Guide to Self-Help Workbooks for Mental Health Clinicians and Researchers includes reviews and evaluates the complexity of each workbook in regards to its form, content, and usability by the client. From abuse to women’s issues, this annotated bibliography is alphabetized by author, but can also be researched by subject. While self-help workbooks are currently not as popular or as mainstream as self-help books and video, that could soon change. Self-help workbooks are versatile, cost-effective, and can be mass-produced. The workbook user is active rather than passive, and the mental healthcare worker can analyze a more personal response from the user, whether in the office or via the Internet. A Guide to Self-Help Workbooks for Mental Health Clinicians and Researchers brings these workbooks together into one sourcebook to suit anyone’s needs. Each self-help workbook is reviewed according to specific criteria: contents structure specificity goal level of abstraction a subjective evaluation usually concludes the review of the workbook A Guide to Self-Help Workbooks for Mental Health Clinicians and Researchers also includes: an in-depth introduction discussing the need for workbooks in mental health practices indices for subject as well as author an address list of the publishing houses for the workbooks annotated in the bibliography an Informed Consent Form to verify compliance with ethical and professional regulations before administering a workbook to a client A Guide to Self-Help Workbooks for Mental Health Clinicians and Researchers offers you a complete resource to self-help workbooks for all mental health subjects. Dr. L’Abate’s highly selective review process helps you find exactly what you need. This unique sourcebook is vital for mental health clinicians, counselors, schoolteachers, and college and graduate students.