Therapeutic Feedback and Treatment Planning with the MMPI-3
Richard W Levak author Alan F Friedman author Yossef S Ben-Porath author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:3rd Apr '26
£76.99
This title is due to be published on 3rd April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£215.00(9781032904269)
This book is the first to introduce empirically informed yet empathically framed language for MMPI-3 users communicating findings to clients. It integrates interpretive guidance with evidence-based therapeutic strategies and structured self-help recommendations, thereby enriching the clinical utility of the instrument in therapeutic assessment.
Therapeutic Feedback and Treatment Planning with the MMPI-3 provides a clear set of guidelines for using this comprehensive personality/psychopathology instrument, for sharing productive, non-judgemental feedback with clients who are entering therapy, and identifying treatment plans based on clients’ MMPI-3 results. Following an introduction that includes the history and evolution of the MMPI instruments and therapeutic assessment, readers will be guided through the steps of therapeutic assessment and feedback, and an exploration of the MMPI-3 scales. These include Validity Scales, Higher-Order Scales, Restructured Clinical Scales, Specific Problem Scales that include Somatic/Cognitive Scales, Internalizing Scales, Externalizing Scales, and Interpersonal Scales, and the Personality Psychopathology-Five Scales. Each scale is interpretively described for feedback and descriptive purposes for patients. By focusing on clients’ subjective experiences, the book guides and facilitates therapeutic engagement. The authors provide case studies to clearly illustrate the updated psychometric standard for psychological assessment.
This book is a must-have resource for psychologists who practice psychotherapy. It will support MMPI-3 users of all levels; enriching personality assessment, strengthening the therapeutic alliance, and informing treatment planning. It will also assist researchers working with this instrument and educate students in training.
“As a co-author of Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2, I have witnessed firsthand how deeply validating feedback can be and the way it reduces defensiveness and encourages openness in clients. This has been especially important in my assessment work on Survivor and other reality television programs where people want to look their best. Given this, I have long been curious about the MMPI-3, particularly its suitability for younger individuals who struggle with a lengthy test battery. This book clearly demonstrates the ways that person-centered and compassionate feedback can be used with the MMPI-3. It gives the clinician a deeper understanding of the scales and the implications for family background and potential pitfalls in the course of work with the client. This will undoubtedly be a must-have manual for psychologists who aim to integrate therapeutic feedback into their MMPI-3 assessment practice."
Liza Siegel, Ph.D.,Consulting Psychologist
“Over 20+ years of teaching assessment courses to doctoral students, I’ve found that the process of giving feedback is grossly overlooked in the available resources. The majority of the literature focuses on how to write a report, rather than how to communicate the results to clients in a productive manner. With this new text Levak, Friedman, and Ben-Porath have filled that void, at least with regard to the MMPI-3. This text provides abundant feedback examples that can not only help clients understand their results but may also assist them in gaining self-insight and engaging in the treatment process. This new book will be assigned reading in my next MMPI-3 class.”
P. Kevin Bolinskey, Ph.D., HSPP,Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
“Leading experts guide readers in interpreting the MMPI-3 with clarity and precision. They show how to translate complex test correlations into meaningful statements that psychotherapy clients can truly use to understand themselves and make productive changes in their lives. Because unaccepted truths yield nothing, this book focuses on insights that are both accurate and usable – helping therapists frame results in ways that might yield real transformation in their clients. Without a doubt: a powerful new resource to clinicians doing clinical personality assessment.”
Professor Dr. Jan H. Kamphuis, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Clinical Psychology President – Society for Personality Assessment
ISBN: 9781032892139
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
376 pages