Clinicians
outside of rehabilitation psychology do not receive training on how to
work with clients with disabilities. Nonetheless, given that people with
disabilities comprise over 15% of the population, virtually all
clinicians will have clients with disabilities in their practice.
Without education or training in disability, clinicians are prone to
make errors in estimating the role of disability in the presenting
problems and the case formulation.
Disability-Affirmative Therapy
(D-AT) helps clinicians put the disability of a client into proper
focus, without making one of the usual mistakes associated with
cross-cultural therapy: overinflating the role of the disability, or
underestimating its profound effects. D-AT provides a template for
evaluation - nine areas to be discussed with the client - that allows
understanding of the client's lifetime experiences with disability. The
template is not a theory of therapy, but an overlay onto the therapist's
own approach, thus having broad appeal and utility. D-AT is a positive
and affirming approach to therapy with clients with disabilities,
regardless of the theory of therapy used. The book contains many
vignettes to illustrate key points and an extended case example to which
the D-AT template is applied. Grounded in social and clinical
psychology research, this book will be an important and unique guide to
all clinicians working with clients with disabilities and their
families.
Paperback book in very good condition.