ABSTRACT
The assessment phase culminates in a written and integrated conceptualization tying together the information gleaned from the interview, questionnaires, imagery for assessment, daily thought records, and from the therapist's attention to the therapy relationship and to in-session behaviors. Some of these sources of information are more detached and cerebral (e.g., self-report questionnaires) and others more emotionally charged (e.g., imagery for assessment). Together, they generate information that is both intellectual and emotional, which allows patients to both understand and feel their schemas. In this way, both patients and therapists can determine whether all parts of the conceptualization ``®t'' ± that is, whether they resonate with the patient's emotional experience.
