Grounded in science and clinical experience, this treatment planner provides essential tools for conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with justice-involved clients in a wide range of settings.

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Grounded in science and clinical experience, this treatment planner provides essential tools for conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with justice-involved clients in a wide range of settings. Guidelines are presented for assessment, case formulation, and intervention to alter criminogenic thinking and destructive lifestyle patterns. With a focus on reducing recidivism, the book demonstrates ways to enhance clients' motivation for change and elicit prosocial values and life priorities. Practitioner-friendly features include case examples, recommended assessment instruments, over 35 sample scripts, and 27 reproducible forms and worksheets; the large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

307 Pages Size: 8" x 10½"

• I. Forensic Basics
• 1. The Forensic Treatment Landscape
• 2. An Integrated Forensic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
• II. Engagement
• 3. Successfully Engaging Justice-Involved Clients
• 4. Clarifying Values and Life Priorities
• III. Assessment, Case Formulation, and Focus
• 5. Assessing Criminal Risk Domains
• 6. Case Formulation
• 7. Establishing Collaborative Goals and Focusing Conversations
• IV. Detailed Treatment Plans for Criminogenic Thinking and Antisocial Orientation
• 8. Connecting Criminogenic Thinking to Decision Making in Criminal Risk Domains
• 9. Monitoring and Restructuring Criminogenic Thinking
• V. Detailed Treatment Plans for Harmful Lifestyle Patterns
• 10. Developing New Routines: Leisure Activities and Employment/Education
• 11. Restructuring Relationships: Friends and Family
• 12. Managing Destructive Habits: Substance Use and Anger Reactions
• VI. Practice Management
• 13. Documentation and Report Writing
• Postscript
• Appendix A. Standardized Test Recommendations
• Appendix B. Resources for Practitioners