Beyond Diagnosis

Michael Bruch is a Consultant Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at University College London. He is also a visiting professor in the Dept of Psychology at London Metropolitan University. Previously, he was co-director of the Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy unit at UCL and visiting professor in the Dept of Mental Health Sciences. He teaches CBT with particular emphasis on case formulation at a number of universities across Europe.  His main research interests involve conceptualization of complex disorders, psychotherapy training and supervision, and case formulation. He has published widely, including five books on CBT.

List of Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Preface xii

1 The Development of Case Formulation Approaches 1
Michael Bruch

2 The UCL Case Formulation Model: Clinical Process and Procedures 24
Michael Bruch

3 Case Formulation: A Hypothesis-Testing Process 53
Richard S. Hallam

4 Case Formulation and the Therapeutic Relationship 74
Peter G. AuBuchon

5 The Therapeutic Relationship as a Critical Intervention in a Case of Complex PTSD and OCD 96
Peter G. AuBuchon

6 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Personalized Case Formulation and Treatment 133
Kieron O’Connor, Amélie Drolet-Marcoux, Geneviève Larocque and Karolan Gervais

7 Cognitive-Behavioural Formulation and the Scientist-Practitioner: Working with an Adolescent Boy 165
David A. Lane and Sarah Corrie

8 Cognitive-behavioural Case Formulation in the Treatment of a Complex Case of Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Misuse 194
Samia Ezzamel, Marcantonio M. Spada and Ana V. Nikčević

Appendix: Invited Case Transcript: The Initial Clinical Hypothesis 220
Ira Daniel Turkat

Index 231