Arthur E. Jongsma & David J. Berghuis 
The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner [EPUB ebook] 

The Bestselling treatment planning system for mental health
professionals

The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner, Second
Edition contains complete prewritten session and patient
presentation descriptions for each behavioral problem in The
Family Therapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition. The
prewritten progress notes can be easily and quickly adapted to fit
a particular client need or treatment situation.

* Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the
freedom to develop customized progress notes

* Organized around 40 behaviorally based presenting problems,
including family-of-origin interference, depression in family
members, divorce, financial conflict, adolescent and parent
hostility, friction within blended families, traumatic life events,
and dependency issues

* Features over 1, 000 prewritten progress notes (summarizing
patient presentation, themes of session, and treatment
delivered)

* Provides an array of treatment approaches that correspond with
the behavioral problems and
DSM-IV-TR¯TM diagnostic categories in
The Family Therapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition

* Offers sample progress notes that conform to the requirements of
most third-party payors and accrediting agencies, including CARF,
The Joint Commission (TJC), COA, and the NCQA

* Presents new and updated information on the role of
evidence-based practice in progress notes writing and the special
status of progress notes under HIPAA

Tabella dei contenuti

Practice Planners® Series Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Activity/Family Imbalance 3

Adolescent/Parent Conflicts 12

Adoption Issues 22

Alcohol Abuse 31

Anger Management 46

Anxiety 55

Blame 66

Blended Family Problems 74

Child/Parent Conflicts 84

Communication 92

Compulsive Behaviors 99

Death of a Child 109

Death of a Parent 115

Dependency Issues 121

Depression in Family Members 130

Disengagement/Loss of Family Cohesion 140

Eating Disorders 149

Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse 160

Family Activity Disputes 170

Family Business Conflicts 176

Family Member Separation 182

Family-of-Origin Interference 188

Financial Changes 194

Geographic Relocation 200

Incest Survivor 207

Infidelity 219

Inheritance Disputes between Siblings 224

Interfamilial Disputes over Wills and Inheritance 230

Interracial Family Problems 236

Intolerance/Defensiveness 243

Jealousy/Insecurity 253

Life-Threatening/Chronic Illness 263

Multiple Birth Dilemmas 272

Physical/Verbal/Psychological Abuse 277

Religious/Spiritual Conflicts 290

Reuniting Estranged Family Members 297

Separation/Divorce 304

Sexual Orientation Conflicts 316

Traumatic Life Events 327

Unwanted/Unplanned Pregnancy 336

Circa l’autore

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., Ph D, is the Series Editor for the
bestselling Practice Planners®. Since 1971, he has
provided professional mental health services to both inpatient and
outpatient clients. He was the founder and Director of
Psychological Consultants, a group private practice in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, for 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of
over forty books and conducts training workshops for mental health
professionals around the world.

DAVID J. BERGHUIS, MA, LLP, is in private practice and
has worked in community mental health for more than a decade. He is
also coauthor of numerous titles in the
Practice Planners® series.