When It Is Used
Use it when a psychodynamic practitioner needs multiple relationship episodes that are structured enough for later coding or formulation of interpersonal themes.
Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm Interview
The Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm Interview is a practitioner-administered structured psychodynamic interview for psychodynamic practitioners. It helps the practitioner collect multiple relationship episodes with details about significant others, wishes, emotions, responses, and interpersonal outcomes so the material can support later CCRT coding or psychodynamic formulation.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool captures episode-by-episode material about significant others or relationship contexts, situations, wishes, emotions, responses, outcomes, narrative text, and practitioner clarifications.
Important Boundary
The tool organizes episode material. It does not score, diagnose, or automatically formulate a relationship theme.
Does the RAP Interview generate a CCRT formulation?
No. It produces a standardized relationship-episode corpus that can later support CCRT coding or psychodynamic formulation.
Does the client complete this tool independently?
No. The supported experience is practitioner-led interview capture; the client contributes narrative material in the clinical encounter.
Can incomplete episodes be saved?
Yes. Incomplete episodes persist as partial interview material and are marked with missing-element indicators.