Abstract
The authors draw upon cognitive‐behavioral, psychodynamic, and the integrative theories and literature to propose assessment guidelines which pay attention to the understanding and use of cognition in treatment. They demonstrate how the careful assessment of schemas and attributions, when completed as part of a general ego psychological assessment, engages the client, facilitates the integration of historical and current affects and events, and offers a means of systematically exploring and challenging motivating beliefs and assumptions about the operation of the world. Contemporary clinical examples and a focus on cognitions in the social realm, typically a neglected dimension, are utilized to illustrate theoretical concepts.
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