PSYCO335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Clinical Supervision, Psychologist, Clinical Psychology
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Individual or a relationship (such as a couple, a parent child relationship, or a family). Interactions within and between departments of an agency, or between an agency and the recipients of the agency"s services. Combine data obtained from a number of assessment methods: interviews self-report measures observations performance (or skill) tasks reports from informants other than the patient. Diagnoses provide a concise statement about the nature of a person"s disorder or dysfunction. Then the psychologist can assess: etiology course prognosis bene cial treatment. The majority of people who receive psychotherapy attend fewer than 10 sessions. All psychologists reported discussing current stressors related to the client"s problems and interpersonal relationships or relationship patterns. Cognitive-behavioural clinicians were signi cantly more likely to spend time providing psychoeducation by informing the client about the nature of the presenting problem. Only a small percentage of clinical psychologists devote professional time to this activity.