McCarthy Barber MULTI

Original Multi Type Our classification MULTI Item 
7. Pers.Centered 1. Psychodynamic 10. My therapist repeated back to me (paraphrased) the meaning of what I was saying.
8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 11. My therapist encouraged me to identify or label feelings that I had in or outside of the session.
1. Psychodynamic 7. Pers.Centered 8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 12. My therapist encouraged me to talk about feelings I had previously avoided or never expressed.
1. Psychodynamic 8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 13. My therapist pointed out times when my behavior seemed inconsistent with what I was saying, like when I:   
    a. Suddenly shifted my moods or topics. b. Was silent a long time
    c. Laughed, smiled, looked away, or was uncomfortable.    d. Avoided talking about specific topics or people.
1. Psychodynamic 7. Pers.Centered 1. Psychodynamic 14. My therapist encouraged me to talk about whatever came to my mind.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 18. My therapist was warm, sympathetic, and accepting.
1. Psychodynamic 6. Interpers. 1. Psychodynamic 19. My therapist pointed out recurring themes or problems in my relationships.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 2. My therapist made connections between my current situation and my past.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 20. My therapist talked about the function or purpose that my problem might have, like how it:
    a. Lets me avoid responsibility.  b. Keeps others away from me.
4. Cognitive 1. Psychodynamic 21. My therapist encouraged me to explore explanations for events or behaviors other than those that first came to my mind.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 22. My therapist made connections between the way I act or feel toward my therapist and the way that I act or feel in my other relationships.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 24. My therapist and I discussed my dreams, fantasies, or wishes.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 1. Psychodynamic 25. My therapist encouraged me to consider the positive and negative consequences of acting in a new way.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 26. My therapist made the session a place where I could get better or solve my problems.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 1. Psychodynamic 27. My therapist tried to help me identify the consequences (positive or negative) of my behavior.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 28. My therapist and I worked together as a team.
8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 3. My therapist focused on identifying parts of my personality that were in conflict, like one part that wanted to be close to others and another part that did not.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 31. My therapist listened carefully to what I was saying.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 32. My therapist often explained what he/she was trying to do.
8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 34. My therapist focused on how disagreements between certain parts of my personality have caused my problems.
3. Behavioral 5. DBT 1. Psychodynamic 36. My therapist focused on the ways I cope with my problems.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 38. My therapist explored my feelings about therapy.
4. Cognitive 8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 39. My therapist encouraged me to view my problem from a different perspective.
3. Behavioral 1. Psychodynamic 4. My therapist asked me to visualize specific scenes or situations in detail.
1. Psychodynamic 4. Cognitive 7. Pers.Centered 1. Psychodynamic 40. My therapist encouraged me to explore the personal meaning of an event or a feeling.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 41. My therapist often focused on my childhood experiences.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 42. My therapist focused on improving my ability to solve my own problems.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 45. My therapist tried to help me better understand how I relate to others, how this style of relating developed, and how it causes my problems.
7. Pers.Centered 1. Psychodynamic 46. My therapist seemed interested in trying to understand what I was experiencing.
7. Pers.Centered 8. Process Exper 1. Psychodynamic 47. My therapist encouraged me to focus on my moment-to-moment experience.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 5. DBT 1. Psychodynamic 5. My therapist encouraged me to identify specific situations or events that tended to precede my problematic behavior.
6. Interpers. 1. Psychodynamic 50. My therapist focused on a specific concern in my relationships, like:
    a. Disagreements or conflicts.   b. Major changes.   c. Loss of a loved one.   d. Loneliness.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 52. My therapist reviewed the gains I had made while in therapy.
1. Psychodynamic 1. Psychodynamic 53. My therapist reviewed the difficulties that I was currently experiencing.
6. Interpers. 1. Psychodynamic 54. My therapist encouraged me to examine my relationships with others, like:
    a. Positive and negative aspects of my relationships.  b. What I want and others want from me.  c. The way I act in relationships.
 5. DBT 1. Psychodynamic 58. My therapist encouraged me to think about or be aware of things in my life without judging them.  
6. Interpers. 1. Psychodynamic 59. My therapist made it clear that my problem was a treatable medical condition.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 1. Psychodynamic 6. My therapist often focused on my recent experiences.
6. Interpers. 1. Psychodynamic 60. My therapist tried to help me better understand how my problems were due to difficulties in my social relationships. 
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 7. My therapist worked to give me hope or encouragement.
1. Common Factors 1. Psychodynamic 8. My therapist seemed convinced of the effectiveness of the methods he/she is using to help me.
  1. Psychodynamic* 30. My therapist shared personal information with me.
4. Cognitive 2. Suggestion For therapy 37. My therapist encouraged me to look for evidence in support of or against one of my beliefs or assumptions.
4. Cognitive 2. Suggestion for therapy 43. My therapist encouraged me to list the advantages and disadvantages of a belief or general rule that I follow.
3. Behavioral 8. Process Exper 2. Suggestion for therapy 44. My therapist had me role-play (act out or rehearse) certain scenes or situations.
4. Cognitive 2. Suggestion for therapy 49. My therapist encouraged me to question my beliefs or to discover flaws in my reasoning.
 5. DBT 2. Suggestion for therapy
& 3. Suggestion for Life
57. My therapist encouraged me to identify situations in which my feelings were invalidated, like:
    a. Times when a significant other told me my feelings were incorrect.  b. Situations in which I had strong feelings that seemed inappropriate.
3. Behavioral 2. Suggestion for therapy
& 3. Suggestion for Life  
16. My therapist encouraged me to think about, view, or touch things that I am afraid of.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 3. Suggestion for Life 1. My therapist set an agenda or established specific goals for the therapy session.
3. Behavioral 5. DBT 3. Suggestion for Life 15. My therapist taught me specific new skills or behaviors, like how to:
    a. Relax my muscles.  b. Control my emotions.  c. Be assertive with others.  d. Act in social situations.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 3. Suggestion for Life 17. My therapist reviewed or assigned homework exercises, like:
    a. Writing down certain thoughts or feelings outside the session.  b. Practicing certain behaviors.
7. Pers.Centered 8. Process Exper 3. Suggestion for Life 23. My therapist encouraged me to see the choices I have in my life.
3. Behavioral 3. Suggestion for Life 29. My therapist gave me advice or suggested practical solutions for my problem.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 5. DBT 3. Suggestion for Life 35. My therapist encouraged me to change specific behaviors.
4. Cognitive 3. Suggestion for Life 48. My therapist tried to help me better understand how my problem was due to certain beliefs or rules that I follow.
6. Interpers. 3. Suggestion for Life 51. My therapist encouraged me to explore ways in which I could make changes in my relationships, like ways to:
a. Resolve a conflict in a relationship.  b. Fulfill a need.  c. Establish new relationships or contact old friends.d. Avoid problems I had experienced in previous relationships.
6. Interpers. 3. Suggestion for Life 55. My therapist encouraged me to think about ways in which I might prepare for major upcoming changes in my relationships, like:
a. Learning new skills.  b. Finding new friends.
3. Behavioral 5. DBT 3. Suggestion for Life 9. My therapist and I discussed a plan for me to try to control (increase or decrease) specific behaviors, like
    a. Smoking. b. Eating.  c. Exercising.  d. Checking something repeatedly. e. Saying or thinking certain things. f. Hurting myself.
3. Behavioral 4. Cognitive 4. Other 33. My therapist led the discussion most of the time.
 5. DBT 4. Other 56. My therapist both accepted me for who I am and encouraged me to change.
    Note. Subscale items: Behavioral: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 17, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 36, 44; Common Factors: 7, 8, 18, 26, 28, 31, 42; Cognitive: 1, 5, 6, 17, 21, 25, 27, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 48, 49; Dialectical-Behavioral: 5, 9, 15, 35, 36, 56, 57, 58; Interpersonal: 19, 50, 51, 54, 55, 59, 60; Person Centered: 10, 12, 14, 23, 40, 46, 47; Psychodynamic: 2, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22, 24, 38, 40, 41, 45; Process-Experiential: 3, 11, 12, 13, 23, 34, 39, 44, 47.
*Our basis for this classification is the lack of empirical verification that such therapist activity is necessarily harmful, and some empirical evidence that it can be helpful (Waldron et al. 2018).