Glossary C

Clinical significance refers to the degree to which research findings have useful and meaningful applications to real problems. Clinical significance is also known as Practical significance.

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Clinical skills refer to the attitudes and techniques used by professional counselors. They include the eight (8) attitudes of the helper, foundational skills, information gathering skills, and commonly used skills.

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Clinical supervision refers to an intensive, interpersonally focused relationship in which one person is designated to facilitate the development of therapeutic competence in one or more other persons. (Loganbill, Hardy, & Delworth, 1982).

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Clinical targets approach refers to one of four (4) approaches to intuitive-logical clinical thinking at Step 2 of the inverted pyramid method of case conceptualization. Using this approach, the counselor looks at thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and physiology. Clinical thinking using this approach divides client presentations into four (4) domains: (1) irrational thoughts (2) distressing moods (3) dysfunctional and maladaptive actions, and (4) problematic physical aspects.

Clinical thanatology refers to the clinical practice of counseling people who are dying on the basis of knowledge of reactions to dying.

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Clinical tools refer to the skills needed for managing the counseling process which include diagnosis, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and case management.

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Clinical trial refers to a Research program involving patients with a particular condition.

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Deutsch: Klinische Nützlichkeit / Español: Utilidad Clínica / Português: Utilidade Clínica / Français: Utilité Clinique / Italian: Utilità Clinica

Clinical utility in the psychology context refers to the practical value and effectiveness of a psychological assessment, intervention, or treatment in real-world clinical settings. It encompasses how well a psychological tool or method contributes to making informed decisions about diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient outcomes, as well as its overall impact on patient Care.

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