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Therapeutic Assessment: Using Psychological Testing as Brief Therapy - Stephen E. Finn, PhD (Webinar live online)
2025 Grand Rounds Series
Psychological assessment is typically viewed as something one does to diagnose psychological disorders or to plan for or evaluate an intervention. In this Grand Rounds, Dr. Finn will discuss Therapeutic Assessment, a brief intervention during which psychological testing is used collaboratively with clients to help them develop new self-narratives that are more coherent, accurate, useful, and compassionate. Dr. Finn will summarize more than 30 years of research on Therapeutic Assessment and its implication for other forms of psychological interventions. He will also discuss the core values underlying Therapeutic Assessment. He will also present a case with a video of an actual client.
Target Audience
______ Introductory ____X__ Intermediate ______ Advanced
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to describe a model that uses psychological assessment as a brief intervention
- Participants will be able to explain 3 therapeutic elements in Therapeutic Assessment and how they are applicable to other forms of intervention
- Participants will be able to list at least 3 of the core values underlying Therapeutic Assessment
Stephen E. Finn, PhD, is founder of the Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, Texas; a clinical associate Pprofessor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin; senior researcher and director of training at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment at Catholic University of Milan, Italy; and director of training at the Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment in Tokyo, Japan. He has published 100+ articles and chapters on psychological assessment, psychodiagnosis, and other topics in clinical psychology. He is a co-author of two recent books, Therapeutic Assessment with Adults and Therapeutic Assessment with Children, both published by Routledge in 2022. Dr. Finn is the recipient of the 2011 Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society of Personality Assessment for his distinguished lifetime contributions to the field of personality assessment. Among his other awards is the Carl Rogers Award for distinguished contributions to humanistic psychology, presented by Division 32 of the American Psychological Association in 2018.
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