Table of Contents

PracticePlanners® Series Preface xi


Acknowledgments xiii


Introduction 1


Sample Treatment Plan 10


Anger Control Problems 14


Antisocial Behavior 27


Anxiety 38


Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)—Adult 50


Bipolar Disorder—Depression 62


Bipolar Disorder—Mania 75


Borderline Personality Disorder 87


Childhood Trauma 97


Chronic Pain 105


Cognitive Deficits 116


Dependency 129


Dissociation 138


Eating Disorders and Obesity 147


Educational Deficits 161


Family Conflict 169


Female Sexual Dysfunction 180


Financial Stress 192


Grief/Loss Unresolved 200


Impulse Control Disorder 209


Intimate Relationship Conflicts 220


Legal Conflicts 231


Low Self-Esteem 238


Male Sexual Dysfunction 246


Medical Issues 257


Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 268


Panic/Agoraphobia 278


Paranoid Ideation 289


Parenting 296


Phase of Life Problems 309


Phobia 318


Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 328


Psychoticism 342


Sexual Abuse Victim 354


Sexual Identity Confusion 364


Sleep Disturbance 372


Social Anxiety 382


Somatization 393


Spiritual Confusion 406


Substance Use 413


Suicidal Ideation 427


Type A Behavior 437


Unipolar Depression 447


Vocational Stress 460


Appendix A Bibliotherapy Suggestions 472


Appendix B References to Empirical Support and Clinical Resources for Evidence-Based Chapters 504


Appendix C Recovery Model Objectives and Interventions 570


Appendix D Alphabetical Index of Sources for Assessment Instruments and Clinical Interview Forms Cited in Interventions 577

About the Author

Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., PhD, is the Series Editor for thebestselling Practice Planners(R). Since 1971, he hasprovided professional mental health services to both inpatient andoutpatient clients. He was the founder and Director ofPsychological Consultants, a group private practice in GrandRapids, Michigan, for 25 years. He is the author or co-author ofover fifty books and conducts training workshops for mental healthprofessionals around the world. L. Mark Peterson, ACSW, is Program Manager for BethanyChristian Services Residential Treatment and FamilyCounseling programs in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Timothy J. Bruce, PhD, is Professor and Associate Chairof the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at theUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine. He maintains a diverseclinical practice and is active in classroom and clinical teachingas well as educational program administration.