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Why Assess [Cont'd] (Assessment/Evaluation Series)

9/19/2021

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If I’m seeing somebody for the first time I need to know how to get a hold of them again but I also need to know a plethora of information that the intake process in any therapy program should gather. Most importantly for biofeedback therapy though, I need to know how a you react to the various types of stressors that have a tendency to present themselves during the day.  I want to see if you let the effects of the stressor diminish quickly and efficiently (most people including myself don't.)

I also want the you to know the difference between a stressor and stress. I would like to know how you react to different types of relaxation exercise as well. I want to accomplish this in the first 3 sessions if possible, but the question is how to get this information quickly and at the beginning of the therapy program.

In addition to the standard assessments I conduct  a Psychophysiological Stress Profile (PSP). There are many examples of different types of PSP but it should consist of a number of tasks that introduce a mild stressor and then let the person relax after the stressor has been introduced. The therapist needs to measure all of the modalities that they usually use during a therapy session. 

I have used the same type of PSP for many years, but recently my practice has quietened down and I am reassessing it. I've been reading “The Clinical Handbook of Biofeedback” by Inna Khazan. Her approach to biofeedback is to integrate the mindfulness component as strongly as possible. I have been doing this for many years, but in chapter 4 she addresses the initial evaluation. She has made me think about redesigning my initial assessment and I have been rereading texts that detail the various possibilities and changed things around a bit
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    Daren Drysdale

    I'm a Dad with a PhD, a psychologist, a clinical psychophysiologist and biofeedback therapist  

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