ABSTRACT
Cognitive Behavioral aAnalysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) is based upon an interpersonal theory of psychosocial functioning. One of the major goals of CBASP psychotherapy is to enable patients to interact with greater interpersonal flexibility; more specifically, this means being able to generate empathy with the therapist and others. All the strategies of CBASP are designed to teach flexible interpersonal behavior. Kieslerian interpersonal theory provides the theoretical framework for the CBASP model. Trainees must be willing to adopt the novel therapeutic role of CBASP's disciplined personal involvement. CBASP trainers who oversee and supervise neophyte trainees must be patient with their supervisees and constantly remind themselves that the disciplined personal involvement (DPI) therapist role in CBASP has been verboten in our field for over a century. The strategies of contingent personal responsivity, situational analysis, the interpersonal discrimination exercise as well as teaching patients assertive skills all facilitate interpersonal versatility.
