Memorable Experiences in Therapeutic Assessment: Inviting the Patient's Perspective Following a Pretreatment Randomized Controlled Trial

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Table 1. Final domains and subcategories, organized into general, typical, and variant.

Domains	Categories	Type
Relationship aspects	Working together throughout the intervention	Variant
	Being heard from a personal perspective	General
	Explanation	Variant
	Being treated as an equal	Typical
	Perceived guidance	Variant
	Positive feeling about relationship with assessor	Typical
New insight into personal	Insight	Typical
dynamics	Deepening	Typical
	Focusing	Typical
	Organizing information	Variant
Sense of empowerment	Self-confirmation	Typical
	Motivation, stimulation	Variant
	Hope	Variant
	Getting started	Typical
Validation of self (VoS)	VoS: Letter	Typical
	VoS: In-session	Typical
Novel experiences		General
Negative experiences related to Therapeutic Assessment		Typical

Note. We defined categories to be general if they applied to all or all but one interview, typical if they applied to 5 to 8 interviews, and variant if they applied to 2 to 4 interviews.