PSYC 738 Therapeutic Assessment

This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth experience of Therapeutic Assessment (TA), an innovative approach to psychological assessment, developed by Stephen Finn. TA, a collaborative approach to psychological assessment, utilizes testing within a therapeutic context to enhance a client’s self-awareness, self-efficacy, and validation. TA is applicable to personality, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment. Through lecture, videos, experiential experiences, and writing activities, students will gain knowledge of the therapeutic assessment process with adults and children and increase proficiency in test interpretation, case conceptualization, feedback, and report writing. This course is open only to Psy. D. students. Prerequisites PSYC 728, 729, 730, and 731.