What It Organizes
The tool organizes practitioner-entered material into differences, emotional sensitivities, external stressors, and interaction patterns.
DEEP Formulation
DEEP Formulation is a practitioner-only IBCT case formulation tool for couple therapists. It helps practitioners structure a couple's distress through differences, emotional sensitivities, external stressors, and interaction patterns so treatment targets can be considered in context.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Practitioner-Only Use
Client material may inform the formulation through therapy, but the product itself does not include client entry or submission.
Limits
The tool does not diagnose, score the couple, assign blame, or prescribe interventions.
Is DEEP Formulation client-facing?
No. It is a practitioner-only formulation workspace.
What are the formulation domains?
The formulation domains are differences, emotional sensitivities, external stressors, and interaction patterns.
Does the tool choose an intervention?
No. It can link formulation elements to plausible acceptance or change targets, but the practitioner chooses interventions.
What is saved if there are no settings?
The fixed DEEP Formulation tool itself is saved as-is.