Sandra A. Rigazio-DiGilio, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus; University of Connecticut, USA; HDFS Department; COAMFTE-Accredited MA and PhD Programs; 348 Mansfield Road - Unit 1058; Storrs, CT 06269-1058; USA; Email: Sandra.Rigazio-DiGilio@uconn.edu; Faculty Website and CV: https://hdfs.uconn.edu/person/sandra-rigazio-digilio-2/ Phone: 1-860-486-2095 Address: Sandra A. Rigazio-DiGilio, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus; University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA; Department of Human Development and Family Sciences COAMFTE-accredited MA and PhD Marriage and Family Therapy Programs; 348 Mansfield Road - Unit 1058; Storrs, CT 06269-1058; USA
Integrative models of psychotherapy provide clinicians with a number of benefits, including organ... more Integrative models of psychotherapy provide clinicians with a number of benefits, including organized access to a variety of assessment and intervention strategies throughout the course of treatment. Such benefits allow practitioners to be flexible in therapy, to tailor treatment to the specific needs of their clients, and to service a wide range of client types. Systemic cognitive developmental therapy (SCDT) represents one such integrative marriage and family treatment model that uses a cognitive-developmental framework to design assessment procedures, create developmentally oriented treatment plans, and evaluate the effectiveness of the therapeutic process. Because SCDT draws from a variety of family counseling and therapy approaches, it can provide clinicians access to a wide range of familiar structured activities and exercises for use in treatment. In this article, the authors describe the SCDT model and illustrate how this cognitive-developmental framework can be used to organize various structured exercises and activities into developmentally oriented treatment plans. A case example is provided to illustrate application of the model.
Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy (SCDT) is a multidimensional therapeutic model. SCDT pro... more Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy (SCDT) is a multidimensional therapeutic model. SCDT provides specific guidelines and questioning strategies for conducting marriage and family therapy within a developmental framework, and offers an integrative classification system that can be used to organize intervention strategies from various family counseling and therapy approaches into developmentally oriented treatment plans. SCDT assessment strategies assist clinicians to identify the particular collective cognitive-developmental worldview that guides a family's approach to the world. In doing so, practitioners can then use the integrative classification system to design treatment plans specifically tailored to both match and expand the worldviews of their clients. SCDT questioning strategies can be used by clinicians to facilitate a family's exploration of life tasks from different worldview perspectives, thus promoting increased alternatives, adaptation, and development. This article describes an innovative training program designed to prepare practitioners to use the SCDT assessment and questioning strategies when providing counseling and therapy services. Infused throughout the training are structured activities and simulations aimed at increasing trainee competencies in the diagnostic and treatment protocols associated with the SCDT model. The goals of these activities are defined, and several specific activities are illustrated.
... TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL As a metatheoretical approach to developm... more ... TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL As a metatheoretical approach to development and treatment, Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) (Ivey, 1986, 1991), together with its companion, Systemic Cognitive-Developmental Therapy ...
Developmental Counseling and Therapy is a challenging integrative theory of counseling and therap... more Developmental Counseling and Therapy is a challenging integrative theory of counseling and therapy. It is the only system that is based on both ancient philosophy and Piagetian theory with its extensive research/practice background. As well, it is the only theory that has solid neuroscience backup for its premises, and it is one of the few that directly uses developmental theory to assess clients and to suggest specific actions to facilitate treatment (Ivey, 2000; Ivey 2009; Ivey, Ivey, Sweeney, & Myers, 2006).
Part 1 Structural family theory: describing family structure family subsystems family models. Par... more Part 1 Structural family theory: describing family structure family subsystems family models. Part 2 Methods of studying family relations: classical measuring methods spatial representation of family relations. Part 3 Underlying concept of the FAST: goal test material clinical pilot studies test construction final version of the test. Part 4 Test procedure: anamnestic data test instructions protocol. Part 5 Scoring and interpretation: evaluating cohesion evaluating hierarchy calculating flexibility calculating differences in perception classifying types of relational structures using the test form follow-up interview interpreting test results. Part 6 Psychometric properties: Californian sample scoring procedure validation concept independence of cohesion and hierarchy family and subsystem representations test-retest reliability convergent and discriminant validity summary and discussion. Part 7 Construct validity: validation concept Californian studies of nonclinical families types ...
Describes 2 models of counseling and psychotherapy that are based on a synthesis of developmental... more Describes 2 models of counseling and psychotherapy that are based on a synthesis of developmental theory and multicultural counseling theory with a co-constructivist epistemology. Developmental counseling and therapy provides a culturally centered treatment framework for work with individual clients. Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy extends the developmental framework to work with partners, families, and wider social groupings. Using these 2 models, 5 principles are presented aimed at helping clinicians to expand their own understanding of self and client worldviews and to develop more culturally centered treatment practices. These principles involve the use of information-processing theory, Piagetian metaphors, the individual's development within a family, the impact of historical/contextual development, and matching and mismatching client orientations. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
Integrative models of psychotherapy provide clinicians with a number of benefits, including organ... more Integrative models of psychotherapy provide clinicians with a number of benefits, including organized access to a variety of assessment and intervention strategies throughout the course of treatment. Such benefits allow practitioners to be flexible in therapy, to tailor treatment to the specific needs of their clients, and to service a wide range of client types. Systemic cognitive developmental therapy (SCDT) represents one such integrative marriage and family treatment model that uses a cognitive-developmental framework to design assessment procedures, create developmentally oriented treatment plans, and evaluate the effectiveness of the therapeutic process. Because SCDT draws from a variety of family counseling and therapy approaches, it can provide clinicians access to a wide range of familiar structured activities and exercises for use in treatment. In this article, the authors describe the SCDT model and illustrate how this cognitive-developmental framework can be used to organize various structured exercises and activities into developmentally oriented treatment plans. A case example is provided to illustrate application of the model.
Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy (SCDT) is a multidimensional therapeutic model. SCDT pro... more Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy (SCDT) is a multidimensional therapeutic model. SCDT provides specific guidelines and questioning strategies for conducting marriage and family therapy within a developmental framework, and offers an integrative classification system that can be used to organize intervention strategies from various family counseling and therapy approaches into developmentally oriented treatment plans. SCDT assessment strategies assist clinicians to identify the particular collective cognitive-developmental worldview that guides a family's approach to the world. In doing so, practitioners can then use the integrative classification system to design treatment plans specifically tailored to both match and expand the worldviews of their clients. SCDT questioning strategies can be used by clinicians to facilitate a family's exploration of life tasks from different worldview perspectives, thus promoting increased alternatives, adaptation, and development. This article describes an innovative training program designed to prepare practitioners to use the SCDT assessment and questioning strategies when providing counseling and therapy services. Infused throughout the training are structured activities and simulations aimed at increasing trainee competencies in the diagnostic and treatment protocols associated with the SCDT model. The goals of these activities are defined, and several specific activities are illustrated.
... TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL As a metatheoretical approach to developm... more ... TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL As a metatheoretical approach to development and treatment, Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) (Ivey, 1986, 1991), together with its companion, Systemic Cognitive-Developmental Therapy ...
Developmental Counseling and Therapy is a challenging integrative theory of counseling and therap... more Developmental Counseling and Therapy is a challenging integrative theory of counseling and therapy. It is the only system that is based on both ancient philosophy and Piagetian theory with its extensive research/practice background. As well, it is the only theory that has solid neuroscience backup for its premises, and it is one of the few that directly uses developmental theory to assess clients and to suggest specific actions to facilitate treatment (Ivey, 2000; Ivey 2009; Ivey, Ivey, Sweeney, & Myers, 2006).
Part 1 Structural family theory: describing family structure family subsystems family models. Par... more Part 1 Structural family theory: describing family structure family subsystems family models. Part 2 Methods of studying family relations: classical measuring methods spatial representation of family relations. Part 3 Underlying concept of the FAST: goal test material clinical pilot studies test construction final version of the test. Part 4 Test procedure: anamnestic data test instructions protocol. Part 5 Scoring and interpretation: evaluating cohesion evaluating hierarchy calculating flexibility calculating differences in perception classifying types of relational structures using the test form follow-up interview interpreting test results. Part 6 Psychometric properties: Californian sample scoring procedure validation concept independence of cohesion and hierarchy family and subsystem representations test-retest reliability convergent and discriminant validity summary and discussion. Part 7 Construct validity: validation concept Californian studies of nonclinical families types ...
Describes 2 models of counseling and psychotherapy that are based on a synthesis of developmental... more Describes 2 models of counseling and psychotherapy that are based on a synthesis of developmental theory and multicultural counseling theory with a co-constructivist epistemology. Developmental counseling and therapy provides a culturally centered treatment framework for work with individual clients. Systemic cognitive-developmental therapy extends the developmental framework to work with partners, families, and wider social groupings. Using these 2 models, 5 principles are presented aimed at helping clinicians to expand their own understanding of self and client worldviews and to develop more culturally centered treatment practices. These principles involve the use of information-processing theory, Piagetian metaphors, the individual's development within a family, the impact of historical/contextual development, and matching and mismatching client orientations. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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