In this article, routine use of monitoring instruments that closely follow the treatment process
from the perspective of the one that is offering the treatment is defended. Five monitoring
instruments will be discussed that among other things map whether the treatment is
experienced as effective, help to bring feelings and cognitions about the treatment process
come into awareness, and help to establish a precise picture of kind and intensity of the
‘disturbing feelings’ in the treatment process. The aim of monitoring one’s own actions
within the treatment process is to make therapists sooner and better aware of (impending)
stagnations or impasses in the treatment process, and can be used in combination with
monitoring instruments that are completed by the client.
monitoring, therapist perspective, priming messages, counter-transference, selfreflection
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
