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 viiForeword ixPreface xii1 The Development of Case Formulation Approaches 1Michael Bruch2 The UCL Case Formulation Model: Clinical Process and Procedures 24Michael Bruch3 Case Formulation: A Hypothesis-Testing Process 53Richard S. Hallam4 Case Formulation and the Therapeutic Relationship 74Peter G. AuBuchon5 The Therapeutic Relationship as a Critical Intervention in a Case of Complex PTSD and OCD 96Peter G. AuBuchon6 Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Personalized Case Formulation and Treatment 133Kieron O’Connor, Amélie Drolet-Marcoux, Geneviève Larocque and Karolan Gervais7 Cognitive-Behavioural Formulation and the Scientist-Practitioner: Working with an Adolescent Boy 165David A. Lane and Sarah Corrie8 Cognitive-behavioural Case Formulation in the Treatment of a Complex Case of Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Misuse 194Samia Ezzamel, Marcantonio M. Spada and Ana V. NikèeviæAppendix: Invited Case Transcript: The Initial Clinical Hypothesis 220Ira Daniel Turkat Index 231