Organized around 43 main presenting problems, including anger management, chemical dependence, depression, financial stress, low self esteem, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This work features over 1,000 prewritten progress notes (summarizing patient presentation, themes of session, and treatment delivered).

It presents new and updated information on the role of evidence based practice in progress notes writing and the special status of progress notes under HIPAA. Additional resources in the "PracticePlanners[registered] Series: Treatment Planners" cover all the necessary elements for developing formal treatment plans, including detailed problem definitions, long term goals, short term objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSM diagnoses. Homework Planners feature behaviorally based, ready to use assignments to speed treatment and keep clients engaged between sessions.

PracticePlanners Series Preface.Acknowledgments.Progress Notes Introduction.Anger Management.Antisocial Behavior.Anxiety.Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)-Adult.Borderline Personality.Chemical Dependence.Chemical Dependence-Relapse.Childhood Traumas.Chronic Pain.Cognitive Deficits.Dependency.Depression.Dissociation.Eating Disorder.Educational Deficits.Family Conflict.Female Sexual Dysfunction.Financial Stress.Grief/Loss Unresolved.Impulse Control Disorder.Intimate Relationship Conflicts.Legal Conflicts.Low Self-Esteem.Male Sexual Dysfunction.Mania or Hypomania.Medical Issues.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).Panic/Agoraphobia.Paranoid Ideation.Parenting.Phase of Life Problems.Phobia.Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Psychoticism.Sexual Abuse.Sexual Identity Confusion-Adult.Sleep Disturbance.Social Discomfort.Somatization.Spiritual Confusion.Suicidal Ideation.Type A Behavior.Vocational Stress.