Therapist Preference for Length and Depth of Therapy

Ideally, how long do you think your therapy should last?
(please answer all questions)

Less than 10 sessions Preferred Length Acceptable Length Neutral Prefer Different Length Unacceptable Length

10-20 sessions Preferred Length Acceptable Length Neutral Prefer Different Length Unacceptable Length

20-50 sessions Preferred Length Acceptable Length Neutral Prefer Different Length Unacceptable Length

50-100 sessions Preferred Length Acceptable Length Neutral Prefer Different Length Unacceptable Length

0ver 100 sessions Preferred Length Acceptable Length Neutral Prefer Different Length Unacceptable Length

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What is your preference for the width, depth, and complexity of your therapy?

To what degree do you have a narrow or wide focus? I try to focus on:

a major aspect or
theme of a problem

elaborating and appreciating the
complexity of interactions of problems

How much does your therapy focus on alleviation of symptoms, vs. on depth (underlying causes of problems)?

Almost exclusively on
alleviation of symptoms

Almost exclusively on the
underlying causes of problems

Rate the complexity of your usual or preferred methods of treatment

My therapy tends to be
extremely simple and direct

My therapy tends to be
extremely complete and complex

This therapist assessment was used for several different matching criteria in TMatch. Its purpose was to try to assess therapists' emphasis on longer term therapy (as opposed to therapy that is intended to last only a relatively few sessions). I created this assessment from scratch since I could not find any equivalent assessment instrument in the literature. The criteria for which this assessment was used were matching based on client problem complexity and social support, client anaclitic versus introjective dimensions, client Neuroticism (part of 5-Factor Personality assessment), and client attachment style.