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The Six-Point Dial of Treatment: A Useful Framework for Novice Therapists

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: witte{at}psy.fsu.edu.

	Abstract

The 6-point dial of treatment described in this case report is developed to guide graduate student psychological trainees through treatment and includes the following components: assessment of dangerousness, diagnosis, diagnosis-based treatment, ongoing evaluation of treatment response, obstacles to treatment, and motivation. The article describes the dial of treatment and present a case study of a client with paranoid schizophrenia (John) who presented at a graduate student training clinic to illustrate how this framework can be successfully applied. John exhibits marked improvement, based on both objective measures and clinician judgment of global functioning.

First published on April 16, 2009, doi:10.1177/1534650109334820

Clinical Case Studies 2009;8:226.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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