Psychodynamic Formulation (2012 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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February 13, 2012
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Psychology in Seattle. I'm your host, Kirk Honda Licensed Therapists. |
| 0:04.9 | This episode is a presentation of a case formulation of Gloria as presented in her session with Carl Rogers. |
| 0:13.4 | Gloria is a woman in the 1960s who agreed to be filmed in the 1960s in a session with the renowned therapist Carl Rogers, and this film |
| 0:22.9 | is very famous. You can see it on YouTube, if you like. In fact, I recommend that you watch it |
| 0:28.0 | before you listen to this podcast, because this podcast will not make a lot of sense without |
| 0:33.3 | having seen it already. And if you've seen it in the past a long time ago, it might be good to |
| 0:38.6 | watch it again. All right. So what is a case formulation? Therapists formulate an idea of what is |
| 0:47.3 | going on with their clients and they call these case formulations. It's like a summary of the |
| 0:53.2 | client and their issues. The ultimate aim of a |
| 0:56.4 | formulation is not to appear smart, but to increase the probability that the therapy for the |
| 1:01.1 | client will be helpful for the client. Formulations help therapists help their clients. |
| 1:06.1 | By understanding the uniqueness of the client and the specific nature of the client's issues, |
| 1:11.6 | the therapist is better equipped to treat the client, and the therapy is more likely to be |
| 1:16.3 | successful. |
| 1:17.4 | Therapists often develop formulations in their head without ever writing them down. In fact, |
| 1:21.7 | that's what I do 99% of the time in my private practice. I simply don't have the time to |
| 1:26.8 | write up formal formulations |
| 1:28.2 | for all my clients. But sometimes it's useful to write it all out, to take the time to clarify |
| 1:33.8 | what I believe, what I see in the client, what I'm looking for, and how I think people change, |
| 1:40.3 | and how I might help that specific client. And before I go into the formulation of Gloria, I thought I should explain my theoretical |
| 1:48.0 | orientation as it stands today. |
| 1:50.3 | My theoretical orientation has changed a lot over the years, but in my approach to this |
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