On December 6, 2012, I was awarded Proficiency in Personality Assessment by the Society for Personality Assessment Board of Trustees and Proficiency Committee. This is an excerpt, please read further! Read more
I was invited to join as a member of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute in June 2012. The Therapeutic Assessment Institute coordinates and sponsors training for those who wish to achieve certification in Therapeutic Assessment.
On March 30, 2012, I presented to the members of the Center for Collaborative Psychiatry, Psychology, and Medicine on therapeutic neuropsychological assessment. My topic was “Getting In Clients’ Shoes via Psychological Tests: A Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Case Discussion.”
At the Society for Personality Assessment Annual Meeting in Chicago from Mar 14-18, 2012, I chaired two panels. Stephen E. Finn and I co-chaired a panel titled “Getting in Clients’ Shoes via Psychological Tests: A Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Case Discussion.” We were pleased that this panel was very well-attended and the audience participated in a lively discussion about the case we presented. I also chaired a symposium panel on “Using and Teaching the Written Word … Read more
I attended an advanced level workshop on the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test this month. Recent research has demonstrated a high degree of validity for this test in assessing personality, created in 1926 by the German psychologist Ehrig Wartegg. Because the WDCT can be completed in 5’-10’ and is appropriate for children, adolescents, and adults, psychologists in Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, and South America frequently use it in psychological assessments.
I’m pleased to announce that my colleagues Stephen E. Finn, Constance T. Fischer, and Leonard Handler have just released their new book Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment: A Casebook and Guide. My associate J.B. Allyn and I co-authored a chapter in this book titled “Collaboration in Neuropsychological Assessment: Metaphor As Intervention with a Suicidal Adult.” Here’s a description of the book:
I attended an intermediate-level workshop this month in a new scoring system for the Rorschach inkblot test, called the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS)™. R-PAS is an approach to using the Rorschach in applied practice. Here’s a description:
My proposals were accepted to chair two panels at the Society for Personality Assessment Annual Meeting in Chicago from Mar 14-18, 2012. Stephen E. Finn and I will co-chair a panel titled “Getting in Clients’ Shoes via Psychological Tests: A Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Case Discussion.” I’ll also be chairing a symposium panel on “Using and Teaching the Written Word in Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment: Reports, Letters, and Stories.”
In J.B. Allyn’s recent book, Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about Psychological Assessment Results, I was honored to be mentioned as her collaborator. J.B. and I have worked together for the past seven years on creating therapeutic stories to translate the critical aspects of client evaluations into metaphorical narratives. Here’s a description of J.B.’s book:
I attended the second intermediate level workshop on the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test this month. Recent research has demonstrated a high degree of validity for this test in assessing personality, created in 1926 by the German psychologist Ehrig Wartegg. Because the WDCT can be completed in 5’-10’ and is appropriate for children, adolescents, and adults, psychologists in Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, and South America frequently use it in psychological assessments.