Rorschach Assessment of Adolescents

This book serves as an up-to-date Rorschach primer and elaborates on the various applications of Rorschach assessment for adolescents with respect to differential diagnosis, forensic consultation, and therapeutic assessment. It opens with three chapters that provide readers with a basic overview and introduction to the topics integrated throughout the text. The first reviews the development and foundations of the Rorschach Inkblot Method; the second discusses key issues in the assessment of adolescents, with particular attention to differentiating patterns of psychopathology from normal developmental variations; and the third presents general considerations in using performance-based assessment instruments in the assessment of personality functioning in adolescence. Later chapters explore the current status of the Rorschach Inkblot Method with respect to theoretical formulations, research findings, and practice guidelines. The final chapter draws on information in the preceding chapters to present a model for Rorschach assessment of adolescents. This model is designed to facilitate accurate and useful formulations of personality functioning that contribute substantially to advancing responsible adolescent development.

Shira Tibon-Czopp, PhD, ABAP, is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she conducted her dissertation project, supervised by Herbert H. Blumberg, in 1996-1998. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. She is in the practice of clinical and forensic psychology in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Professor Tibon-Czopp is a Diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Assessment Psychology and the Society for Personality Assessment, in which she serves as a member of the international committee. She worked as a senior clinician in inpatient and outpatient public clinics for children, adolescents and adults, and has been lecturing in various clinical programs including those of Tel-Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University.  Some of her recent publications include an essay on Psychology in Israel, in The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4^th ed. 2010); an essay on the Rorschach Inkblot Method in the Encyclopedia of Adolescence (2012); Invited Commentary in Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2012); a co-authored article on normative CS data for Israeli Adolescents in Journal of Personality Assessment (2012); and a co-authored case study in Neurocase (2014).

Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., ABPP, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He resides in Tampa and is in the practice of clinical and forensic psychology. Dr. Weiner is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology. He has served as President of APA Division 12 (Society for Clinical Psychology), APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics), the Society for Personality Assessment, and of the International Rorschach Society. He has published books on psychodiagnosis, psychotherapy, child and adolescent development, developmental psychopathology, and forensic psychology, including Principles of Psychotherapy (3^rd ed., 2009), Principles of Rorschach Interpretation (2^nd ed., 2003), Handbook of Personality Assessment (2008), Adult Psychopathology Case Studies (2004), and Handbook of Forensic Psychology (4^th ed., 2014).