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This unique volume, widely adopted for text use, presents an integrative approach to the process of personality assessment. The book addresses such issues as: - What questions should a personality assessment address? - What types of information are necessary to complete an assessment? - What instruments are needed to answer the questions? - How can the data be integrated and understood once various types have been collected? - How can the integrated assessment be best utilized in treatment planning? While maintaining the standardized administration methods necessary for using test norms and comparing results across subjects, the approach described in this text shows how to construct a ""moving picture"" that takes into account the complexities of individual personalities and provides insights that will be invaluable in deriving effective treatment strategies. An ideal textbook for graduate courses in personality assessment, this book also serves as a useful guide and reference for practicing psychologists and counselors regardless of orientation.

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Beutler and Groth-Marnat present personality assessment just the way it should be taught, learned, and practiced--as an integration of diverse procedures into a multifaceted assessment battery, and as an integration of interview and test findings into cohesive and individualized reports that provide useful answers to referral questions, particularly with respect to treatment planning. Contributors provide an excellent overview of the conceptual and empirical foundations of integrative personality assessment, together with detailed guidelines for putting it into practice. What they have to say will advance the field of personality and be valued by psychologists at all levels of experience, from beginning students to senior professionals. --Irving B. Weiner, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida <br> A key issue among mental health professionals today is the struggle to match rapid and efficient clinical assessment with targeted treatment intervention. Beutler, Groth-Marnat, and colleagues, in this volume, have once again made an essential contribution to guiding clinicians in this integrative task. --John F. Clarkin, PhD., Department of Psychiatry, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University <br> This excellent second edition integrates the complexities of valid psychological assessment with the needs and expectations of those who will use and pay for the reports. Each chapter is rich in research material and yet shows refreshing awareness of the realities of the marketplace. Relevant to all clinicians, the book emphasizes issues and variables that underlie a range of treatment modalities. Numerous case studies demonstrate how science-based data can be synthesizedinto an effective report and used to guide different types of interventions. Graduate students who master this information will have a distinct advantage in professional practice. Seasoned clinicians will discover that the text not only expands their knowledge, but also reflects the kind of assessment savvy that can only be acquired through extensive clinical experience. --Dean Given, PhD, past president, California Psychological Association<br>

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Larry E. Beutler, PhD, is Professor of Homeland Security at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also the William McInnes Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California, and Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is former Editor of the [i]Journal of Clinical Psychology[/i] and the [i]Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology[/i]. Dr. Beutler is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society. He is a past president of the Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA), a past president of the Division of Psychotherapy (APA), and a two-term past president of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Beutler is the author of approximately 300 scientific papers and chapters, and is the author, editor, or coauthor of 14 books on psychotherapy and psychopathology. Gary Groth-Marnat, PhD, is in private practice in Santa Barbara, California, and is an Adjunct Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute and Fielding Graduate University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 12). Dr. Groth-Marnat has published more than 100 journal articles and chapters in books and is the author of [i]Handbook of Psychological Assessment[/i] and [i]Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Practice[/i]. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer in clinical health psychology at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.

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