Social Worker's Behavioral Pattern Assessment Tool Awarded Patent

Psychotherapists now have unique behavioral measurement tool, The Brief Therapy Treatment Planner (BTTP), to assist with short term evaluation. The BTTP, useful in therapeutic settings, is helpful in forensic work, employee selection, treatment of marital and family discord, and in school setting. The BTTP was developed by a social worker for other helping professionals in their behavioral practice.

(PRWEB) November 8, 2005 -- Richard Bennett, LCSW, was recently awarded a patent for his Brief Therapy Treatment Planner (BTTP). The BTTP is a psychosocial instrument, used to evaluate human behavior patterns, which assists the psychotherapist in treatment planning. The BTTP allows the individual to describe his or her behavior by placing descriptive cards under several heading or category cards. The BTTP, generally used during the second diagnostic psychotherapy session with a client, uses a double Qsort to picture the individual’s behavior and often the motivation for that behavior.

The BTTP, also, can predict a client’s behavior in many areas, such as violence, attentional problems, victimization and honesty. Therefore this instrument can be useful not only in therapy but also in forensic work, employee selection, the treatment of marital discord and in assisting students to focus on the anxieties, causing him difficulties in school. As Bennett states, “This is an instrument for social workers, and other masters level health care providers, developed by a social worker. It depicts the future of social work and behavioral treatment.”

Richard Bennett, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, SAP, is in private practice in Hobart, IN, working with many clients dealing with violent situations and the aftermath. The BTTP was Bennett’s PhD thesis. He was a member and chairman of the Indiana Licensing Board for Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, The American Psychological Association and curriculum developer and instructor for the American College of Forensic Examiners.

Contact Bennett at his office, Listening Incorporated, 152 S. Illinois, Hobart, IN 46342,(219) 947-5478, listeninginc@sbcglobal.net or through his website at www.richardbennettlcsw.com

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