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Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand 145Practical Psychodynamic FormulationJohn Farnsworth and Gerald MaclaurinPsychotherapist, Dunedin; Psychotherapist, AucklandAbstractWe outline a Practical approach to Psychodynamic Formulation to show how useful it can be within the demands of ordinary clinical practice. To do so, we break down the components of a dynamic Formulation using a variety of examples. We draw on the Triangle of Insight (Jacobs, 2006) and the Triangle of Persons (Malan, 1979) as our main model of Formulation and compare it to other approaches. By doing so, we aim to illustrate how Formulation is a flexible, effective tool for therapeutic assessment. The article also outlines a way of thinking through written case Formulation , discussed primarily through an extended case Ka huaina e m ua he tirohanga arop ki te tauirahanga hinengaro kia m hiotia ai t na painga i roto i ng nonoi o te mahi haumanu.

Cabaniss et al (2011) presented their model in book length form and so did Nancy McWilliams (1999) whose approach to psychodynamic formulation is widely known and used. Chapter by chapter, she discussed assessments of unchangeable aspects of the self,

  Formulation, Psychodynamic, Cabaniss, Psychodynamic formulation