The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner - (PracticePlanners) 6th Edition (Paperback)

About the Book

"Accountability is an important dimension of the practice of psychotherapy. Treatment programs, public agencies, clinics, and practitioners must justify and document their treatment plans to outside review entities in order to be reimbursed for services. The books in the PracticePlannersª series are designed to help practitioners fulfill these documentation requirements efficiently and professionally. The PracticePlannersª series includes a wide array of treatment planning books including not only the original Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, and Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Addiction Treatment Planner all now in their sixth editions, but also Treatment Planners targeted to specialty areas of practice, including: Addictions Co-occurring disorders, Behavioral medicine, College students, Couples therapy, Crisis counseling, Early childhood education Employee assistance, Family therapy, Gays and lesbians, Group therapy, Juvenile justice and residential care, Intellectual and developmental disability Rehabilitation psychology/Neuropsychology, Older adults, Parenting skills, Pastoral counseling Personality disorders Probation and parole Psychopharmacology School counseling and school social work Severe and persistent mental illness Sexual abuse victims and offenders Social work and human services Special education Speech-language pathology Suicide and homicide risk assessment Veterans and active military duty Women's issues"--

Book Synopsis

Quickly and efficiently create treatment plans for adolescents in a variety of treatment environments

The newly revised sixth edition of the Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner delivers an essential resource for mental health practitioners seeking to create effective, high-quality treatment plans that satisfy the needs of most third-party payers and state and federal review agencies. This book clarifies, simplifies, and accelerates the treatment planning process for adolescents so you can spend less time on paperwork and more time treating your clients.

This latest edition includes comprehensive and up-to-date revisions on treating the victims and perpetrators of bullying and aggression, gender dysphoria, loneliness, opioid use, and sleep disorders. It includes new evidence-based objectives and interventions, as well as an expanded and updated professional references appendix.

You'll also find:

• A new appendix presenting location and availability information in an alphabetical index of objective assessment instruments and structured clinical interviews
• A consistent focus throughout the book on evidence-based practices and treatments consistent with practice guideline recommendations
• Ranges of treatment options consistent with the best available research and those reflecting common clinical practices of experienced clinicians

An essential treatment planning handbook for clinicians treating adolescents in a variety of settings, the sixth edition of the Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner is the key to quickly and efficiently creating individually tailored, evidence-based, and effective treatment plans for adolescent clients.

From the Back Cover

An effective, hands-on practice resource for busy clinicians

Now in its sixth edition, The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner is a practical and effective resource for mental health practitioners looking for fast, efficient ways to create high-quality treatment plans that satisfy the needs of their clients, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies. The book allows practitioners to spend less time on paperwork and more time focusing on treating their clients.

The latest edition of this book offers comprehensive and up-to-date revisions incorporating new treatment guidelines for the victims and perpetrators of bullying and aggression, gender dysphoria, loneliness, opioid use, and sleep disorders. It offers new evidence-based objectives and interventions and an expansive professional references appendix.

The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Sixth Edition provides:

• Ranges of treatment options consistent with the best available research and the common clinical practices of experienced practitioners
• A consistent focus on evidence-based practices and treatments
• A new appendix that presents availability and location information of objective assessment instruments and structured clinical interviews in alphabetical order

The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Sixth Edition, is an essential treatment planning handbook for clinicians engaged in the treatment of adolescents in a variety of settings. It offers individually tailored, evidence-based, and effective treatment plans for adolescent clients suffering from a broad range of challenges and disorders.

About the Author

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, JR., PHD, is Series Editor of the bestselling PracticePlanners^(R). He has over five decades experience providing mental health services to inpatient and outpatient clients. He has authored or co-authored over fifty books.

L. MARK PETERSON, ACSW, retired Program Manager for Bethany Christian Services Residential Treatment and Family Counseling programs in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

WILLIAM P. MCINNIS, PSYD, is a private practitioner with Aspen Psychological Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a co-author of the Adolescent Psychotherapy Homework Planner and the Child Treatment Planner.

TIMOTHY J. BRUCE, PHD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.