Using the MMPI-3 as a Therapeutic Intervention
Although longer forms of Therapeutic Assessment exist, research indicates that many clients can benefit from brief collaborative assessments using only a single self-report instrument. In this presentation, Stephen Finn will explain and demonstrate how the MMPI-3 can be used to help clients develop more coherent, accurate, useful, and self-compassionate views of themselves, and how these new self-narratives impact clients’ lives. Dr. Finn will illustrate his points with videos from a brief Therapeutic Assessment of a 39-year-old woman struggling with deep feelings of shame. Attendees will learn how to quickly establish epistemic trust in an initial session, conduct an Extended Inquiry of a self-report test, plan a MMPI-3 feedback session, and sensitively discuss MMPI-3 findings. This presentation will also be useful to clinicians who use self-report tests other than the MMPI-3.
Presenter: Dr. Stephen E. Finn
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the webinar participants will be able to:
• Describe 3 essential factors for gaining client’s trust at the beginning of the assessment
• Explain at least 3 factors that make the MMPI-3 useful as a brief intervention
• Explain how to do an Extended Inquiry with the MMPI-3 and how it is useful
• List at least 3 things to hold in mind when planning client feedback on the MMPI-3
• Describe at least 3 ways clients may benefit from therapeutic work with the MMPI-3
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FREE |
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Non-Member Student Registration
Presenter: Dr. Stephen E. Finn |
$39.00 |
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Non-Member Early Career Registration
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$45.00 |
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Non-Member Registration
Presenter: Dr. Stephen E. Finn |
$50.00 |
Stephen E. Finn, Ph.D., founder of the Center for Therapeutic Assessment, is a licensed clinical psychologist in practice in Austin, Texas, a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, Senior Researcher and Director of Training at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment at Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and Director of Training at the Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment in Tokyo, Japan. He has published 100+ articles and chapters on psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and other topics in clinical psychology, and is the author of multiple books, including Therapeutic Assessment and Interpersonal Neurobiology: Empathy, Intersubjectivity, and the Longing to Be Known, to be published in August 2026 by Routledge. Dr. Finn has received many awards for his work, including the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society of Personality Assessment in 2011 for distinguished lifetime contributions to the field of personality assessment and the Carl Rogers Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Humanistic Psychology from the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of APA) in 2018.
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