When It Is Used
Use it during a live session when a concrete interpersonal exchange needs to be practiced or examined closely enough for communication strengths, barriers, and change points to become visible.
Role Play for IPT Sessions
Role Play is a live-session IPT tool for practitioners. It helps a practitioner set up a specific difficult interpersonal exchange, observe the client's communication strengths and barriers, and record actionable change points from the enactment.
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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 Does Not Do
The tool does not generate scripts, rate communication, diagnose relationship quality, or provide generic advice. It organizes practitioner observations from the role play.
Is Role Play a client worksheet?
No. Role Play is a live-session practitioner tool. The client participates in the enactment, but the observation artifact is practitioner-facing by default.
Does the tool score communication?
No. It records practitioner observations and completion status only. It does not calculate ratings, norms, or communication scores.
Can incomplete role plays be saved?
Yes. Interrupted or insufficiently specific role plays can remain incomplete with missing observations clearly marked.