Case Formulation

Resumen

In the case formulation approach to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), the therapist works collaboratively with the patient to develop a formulation of the patient’s case and uses the formulation to guide the treatment. The formulation is a hypothesis about the major factors that cause and perpetuate the patient’s problems. I begin this commentary about case formulation written in honor of Aaron T. Beck with a brief description of the case formulation approach to CBT. I describe my path to developing the case formulation approach to CBT, beginning with learning cognitive therapy from Dr. Beck and his colleagues as a graduate student. I highlight the importance to the case formulation model of three of Beck’s contributions in particular: the cognitive conceptualization, the practice of monitoring the patient’s progress and collecting feedback from the patient, and an empirical approach to approach to clinical work. I highlight contributions to ideas about the case formulation in CBT by Ira Turkat, Joseph Wolpe, Judith Beck, Kuyken et al. (2009) and others too numerous to mention here. I conclude with a call for more research on the role of the case formulation in cognitive behavior therapy.

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Persons, J. (2022). Case Formulation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2022.02.014