Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists

Lee Williams, PhD, LMFT, is Professor of Marital and Family Therapy at the University of San Diego and does couple therapy with veterans at the VA San Diego Medical Center. Todd M. Edwards, PhD, LMFT, is Professor and Director of the Marital and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. JoEllen Patterson, PhD, LMFT, is Professor in the Marital and Family Therapy Program at the University of San Diego. She is also Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Patterson received a Rotary International Scholarship to work at Cambridge University, as well as Fulbright Awards to work in Norway, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Canada. She has published several books and has served on the editorial boards of leading family therapy journals. Her global work includes initiatives in Jordan and Ecuador. Larry Chamow, PhD, LMFT, is Clinical Professor of Marital and Family Therapy at the University of San Diego and is in full-time private practice at the Pacific Family Institute in Carlsbad, California.

1. Introduction to Assessment
2. Tools for Assessment
3. The Initial Interview
4. Assessing Issues of Safety
5. Assessing Health and Well-Being in Adults
6. Assessing Adults for Psychopathology
7. Assessing Children and Adolescents
8. Assessing for Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents
9. Assessing Family Interaction
10. Assessing the Multigenerational Family through Time
11. Assessing Couples
12. Special Topics in Couple Assessment
13. From Assessment to Treatment (and Beyond)
Appendix. Summary of Assessment Tools, Instruments, and Mnemonics
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