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Treating Those with Mental Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (February 27, 2018) © 2019

  • Victoria E. Kress
  • Matthew J. Paylo Youngstown State University

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For courses in counseling.

Practical guidance on selecting and applying treatments for clients who have mental disorders

Treating Those with Mental Disorders offers students and new counselors specific treatment planning, implementation, and intervention strategies in addition to background information on clinical issues and DSM-5 diagnoses and interventions. Real-life examples illustrate how critical counseling concepts and approaches are applied in actual practice.

The 2nd Edition is updated with current, evidence-based treatment techniques and a new chapter on culture and ethics, this highly practical resource empowers counselors to thoughtfully help their clients tackle complex issues and difficulties.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Discussions of mental disorders as defined by the DSM-5 and real-world strategies–counseling considerations, treatment planning practices, prognoses approaches, and the practical realities of treatment planning–give pre- and in-service counselors the foundation they need to prepare for the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE) and begin helping their clients.
  • The I CAN START conceptualization and treatment planning framework includes practical principles and specific treatment goals and objectives that help guide novice counselors through selecting and implementing evidence-based treatments into clinical practice.
  • Clinical case studies are examined using the I CAN START model.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: A new chapter on culture and ethics considers these important topics in addition to the psychopharmacology associated with each disorder and planning patients' treatment plans (Ch. 2).
  • UPDATED: Additional information on the “I” (individual) aspect of the model helps readers gain awareness of who they are as individuals and as counselors (Ch. 1).
  • UPDATED: Alignment with the CACREP 2016 Standards ensures students learn how to develop measurable outcomes in treatment.
  • UPDATED: Evidence-based treatment techniques reflect the most current research literature, giving readers up-to-date insight into recent developments in the field.
  • UPDATED: An additional case study in each chapter allows students to practice applying what they've learned.
  1. Developing Effective Treatment Plans
  2. Real World Treatment Planning: Systems, Culture, and Ethics
  3. Safety-Related Clinical Issues and Treatment Planning
  4. Depressive, Bipolar, and Related Disorders
  5. Anxiety Disorders
  6. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  7. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
  8. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
  9. Personality Disorders
  10. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
  11. Feeding and Eating Disorders
  12. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders, and Elimination Disorders
  13. Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders
  14. Dissociative Disorders and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
  15. Sleep-Wake Disorders, Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilic Disorders, and Gender Dysphoria

About our authors

Victoria E. Kress, Ph.D./LPCC-S, NCC, CCMHC, is the director of the clinical mental health and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She has over 20 years of experience in various clinical settings. She has been the recipient of over 30 counseling awards, most recognizing her for her leadership, advocacy and mentorship initiatives. She is a past president of Chi Sigma Iota International and the Ohio Counseling Association. She has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has coauthored 2 additional books: Beyond the DSM Story (Sage) and Counseling Children and Adolescents (Pearson).

Matthew J. Paylo, Ph.D./LPCC-S (OH), is an associate professor, director of the student affairs and college counseling program, and the program director of the counseling program at Youngstown State University. He has over 12 years of clinical experience in various settings including community mental health centers, prisons, hospitals, residential treatment facilities and college counseling centers. Matthew is passionate about implementing evidence-based interventions within therapeutic relationships that manifest empathy, unconditional positive regard and genuineness. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has coauthored another book: Counseling Children and Adolescents (Pearson).

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