A six item measure, with versions for therapist and client, that aims to rate the frequency of experiences of relational depth in therapy. The measure is released under a Creative Commons licence and available here.
Details #
The time is “Over the course of my therapy” and the six items are all rated on the same five point frequency scale of “Not at all”, “Only occasionally”, “Sometimes”, “Often” and “Most or all of the time”. Responses are scored 1 to 5 to give a score range from 5 to 30.
I was a co-author and did the statistical work (with Gina Di Malta, whose doctoral research it was) so I can give anyone a copy of the paper:
Di Malta, G., Evans, C., & Cooper, M. (2020). Development and validation of the relational depth frequency scale. Psychotherapy Research, 30(2), 213–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2019.1585590.
Gina and colleagues have since developed adaptations of the measure for use to look at relationships outside therapy. The three adaptations focus on relationships (a) with one close other in the community (a friend, a partner, a family member, etc.), (b) across all relationships in the community, and (c) across all relationships online only. Those are reported in a very interesting paper:
Di Malta, G., Bond, J., Raymond-Barker, B., Moller, N., & Cooper, M. (2024). The Impact of Relational Depth on Subjective Well-being in Close Relationships in the Community. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 00221678241237290. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678241237290 (open access).
Try also #
Process measures
Therapeutic alliance
Chapters #
Not mentioned in the OMbook.
Online resources #
You can see the measure here.
Dates #
First created 12.iv.24.
