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Clinical RFT Cheat Sheet Guide

This cheat sheet outlines various clinical framing techniques, including coordination, distinction, opposition, and more, each defined with contextual cues and everyday examples. It provides key clinical functions and questions to guide therapeutic conversations. The document serves as a practical reference for mental health professionals to enhance their clinical communication skills.

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Clinical RFT Cheat Sheet Guide

This cheat sheet outlines various clinical framing techniques, including coordination, distinction, opposition, and more, each defined with contextual cues and everyday examples. It provides key clinical functions and questions to guide therapeutic conversations. The document serves as a practical reference for mental health professionals to enhance their clinical communication skills.

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CLINICAL RFT CHEAT SHEET

DEFINITION CONTEXTUAL EVERYDAY EXAMPLES KEY CLINICAL CLINICAL QUESTION(S)


CUES FUNCTIONS
COORDINATION Two or more things or events “similar to” “I am a failure” Observing “Describe your feelings”
Framing coming together via equivalence, “am/is” Describing
similarity, or compatibility. “like”, and” Tracking ABC’s
DISTINCTION Two or more things or events as “is not” “I am not good Differentiating “When do you not feel this
Framing different from each other, often “different” enough” Clarifying way?”
along a dimension. Tracking ABC’s
OPPOSITION Establishes that two or more events “instead of…” “Unlike her beautiful Observing “What would happen if you
Framing are opposed to each other, often “opposite of” dog, my dog is ugly.” Describing did the opposite of what your
along a dimension Tracking w/ precision thoughts are telling you?”
COMPARATIVE Establishes that an event is higher “higher/lower” “I am feeling less Tracking ABC’s “Do you feel more or less
Framing or lower than another or more “less/more than” anxious now compared Measuring anxious right now?”
events along a given dimension “worse/better” to yesterday” Precision
CONDITIONAL “If…then…” “If I give a speech in Tracking ABC’s “If you practice, then you can
Framing Establishes that an event conditions public, then I will die” Validation improve”
another or more events “Given this…” Assess effectiveness
TEMPORAL Establishes a relation of time “Past” “Present” “Last night I felt awful” Tracking ABC’s “How would smoking benefit
Framing between things or events “Future” Exploring across time you in the short term? In the
“When” Short term/long term long term?”
SPATIAL Establishes a relation of space or “Where” “My anxiety increases Tracking ABC’s “Where in your body do you
Framing domain between things or events “place” in crowded places” Exploring across feel the anxiety?”
domains or places
DEICTIC Establishes that an event is in a “Point of view” “My professor hates Perspective taking “How would your loving
Framing relation of reference or perspective “Perspective” me” Point of view daughter feel about your
with another or more events in Tracking ABC’s disability?”
terms of person, time, or place Interpersonal Skills
HEIRARCHICAL Establishes that an event is in a “a part of…” “He belongs to a lower Observe/Describe “What value is this action a
Framing relation of hierarchy, inclusion, class of people” Values & Actions part of?
category, or attribution with “I’m having the Increase Motivation
another or more events thought…”

Complied by Phillip Cha, MFT (2019) revised 1/23/20


Adapted from Mastering the Clinical Conversation (Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer Villatte, and Steven Hayes, 2016)

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