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Chapter 8 - Psychological Assessment, Formulation and Intervention in CBT

from Part II - Putting the Model of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy into Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2025

Jessica Davies ,
Paul Salkovskis  and
Kenneth Laidlaw
Foreword by
Judith S. Beck
Jessica Davies
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Paul Salkovskis
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
Kenneth Laidlaw
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Judith S. Beck
Affiliation:
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy & University of Pennsylvania
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The chapter will help you to be able to explain the six key questions that are answered by a good formulation, consider the purpose of formulation in shaping assessments and intervention, and create effective and idiosyncratic formulations and treatment plans for your own patients

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Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) , pp. 72 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Persons, JB. Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach [Internet]. New York: Norton; 1989. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UJOTQgAACAAJ.Google Scholar

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Persons, JB. Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach [Internet]. New York: Norton; 1989. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UJOTQgAACAAJ.Google Scholar
Beck, AT. Thinking and depression: II. Theory and therapy. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;10(6):561–571.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kuyken, W. Evidence-based case formulation: Is the emperor clothed? In: N Tarrier (ed), Case Formulation in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (pp. 12–35). Abingdon: Routledge; 2006.Google Scholar
Persons, JB. The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. New York: Guilford Press; 2008.Google Scholar
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association;2013.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11). World Health Organization; 2019.Google Scholar
First, MB, Williams, JBW, Karg, RS, Spitzer, RL. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5® Disorders – Clinician Version. Abridged ed. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2016.Google Scholar
Beck, AT. Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders. International Universities Press; 1976.Google Scholar

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