Main description:

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.

Winner--Significant Contribution Award, Criminal Justice Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological Association

Contents:

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