ABSTRACT
Although developmental levels, lines, states, and types are by no means ignored, the bulk of the Integral Intake involves quadratic assessment: assessing the experiential, behavioral, cultural, and social/systemic dimensions of clients and their distress. The experiential dimension involves those aspects of assessment relative to the client’s phenomenological experience. The behavioral dimension involves those aspects of assessment involving the client’s observable behavior and other relatively objective dimensions of clients that relate to their distress and potential resources for coping. The social, also called systemic, dimension involves those aspects of assessment relative to clients’ environments and systems that influence the onset, course, and treatment of their problems and struggles. An integral taxonomy of therapeutic interventions is an ordered system for classifying the procedural methods and practical skills used by integral therapists to facilitate their clients’ healing, growth, and well-being.
