ABSTRACT
Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) constructs only one transference hypothesis per patient and the designated hypothesis domain hopefully predicts the best fit expectancy for a fear-avoidance theme. The hypothesis is constructed in functional language such as, 'If I, the patient, do this in therapy, then this based on my maltreatment history is what I expect my therapist will do'. In CBASP, potentially useful transference hypothesis domains are identified during the Significant Other History (SOH) exercise. The SOH, an emotional interpersonal history procedure, makes explicit earlier informing experiences patients have had with significant others which are likely to be perceptually transferred to the clinician in terms of interpersonal expectancies. Thus, CBASP therapists look for themes in the SOH material that are most likely to predict areas of heightened fear and avoidance in the dyad; the most probable theme is selected and translated into one transference hypothesis sentence.
