Posts tagged with 'assessment'
Handouts & questionnaires for life review, traumatic memories & therapeutic writing
29th September 2008
I've been working on the 'Life review, traumatic memories & therapeutic writing' handouts list in the Good Knowledge section of this website. I detail them below: Chart, early years (0 to 13) - this is the first of six charts that I sometimes use to get an outline of the …
Recent research: half a dozen studies on aspects of CBT
11th September 2008
Here are half a dozen recent research studies broadly on aspects of cognitive-behavioural therapy - computer delivery for addiction, a couple on therapist competence, CBT for compulsive shopping, a systematic review of CBT and chronic fatigue syndrome, and a broad based depression education and problem solving intervention for people suffering …
Autism research centre
10th September 2008
I spent a bit of time exploring Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre (ARC) website recently. It's fascinating and helpful in so many ways. ARC apparently has over 30 research scientists and support staff. The website links to a series of freely downloadable research papers and assessment questionnaires. One of the …
Handouts & questionnaires for assessing & building good relationship networks
8th September 2008
Relationships are crucial. They are crucial in promoting resilience to stress, and they are crucial in enhancing wellbeing and happiness. Research suggests that all three of social support, social integration and (inversely) social conflict contribute to self-esteem and health. The relationship questionnaire & scoring provides a helpful way of assessing …
Goal setting and wellbeing
7th September 2008
It has seemed likely for some time that skilful goal setting boosts wellbeing. A couple of small recent research studies from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London reinforce this understanding (MacLeod, Coates et al. 2008). Wellbeing was assessed by an often used conglomerate measure which adds …
Handouts & questionnaires for panic, agoraphobia & depersonalization
1st September 2008
I've been working on the 'Panic & depersonalization' handouts list in the Good Knowledge section of this website. The list contains most of the handouts and questionnaires I currently use when working with people suffering from panic disorder, agoraphobia or depersonalization/ derealization disorder. Here they are with brief descriptions: Panic …
Relationships, self-esteem and health - first posting
16th August 2008
Poor relationships damage our health. Recent research powerfully demonstrates this point (Stinson, Logel et al. 2008). In these studies, relationships were assessed in three different ways - relationship quality (closeness, trust, satisfaction), number of friends, and relationship stress. Sheldon Cohen (Cohen 2004) has argued that these three aspects of relationships …
Depersonalization/derealization – understanding, assessment & treatment
15th February 2008
I wrote in a blog posting on February 12th that Depersonalization Disorder is relatively common - 1 to 2% of the general population - but that it is rarely recognized. As with so many psychological disorders, it can be helpful to see Depersonalization Disorder as an extreme version of a …