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A new technique in stimulated recall methodology, Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR), is described. It provides participants in a recently concluded diadic encounter with maximum cues for reliving the experience by means of video-tape playback. The participants view the playback in separate rooms and are encouraged by interrogators at significant points in the playback to recall feelings and interpret behavior. Parallel reactions are obtained from the participants through simultaneous interruption of the video-tape playback. IPR protocols suggest several potential uses of the technique: (a) validation of theory (b) gaining new insights about the nature of various supervisory relationships (c) examination of group processes (d) education of counselors (e) acceleration of psychotherapy. One of these uses, the acceleration of psychotherapy, is illustrated by means of a case study.

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Procedures are described which were used to develop an instrument and scale to measure an individual's ability to detect and describe the immediate affective state of another (affective sensitivity or empathy). The resulting scale consists of multiple-choice items used with a series of short videotaped excerpts from actual counseling sessions. Data are presented indicating the scale's reliability and the extent of the scale's content, concurrent, and predictive validity. The scale is unaffected by the pretest-posttest practice effect, and indications are that high scores on the scale are a necessary but not a sufficient condition of counselor effectiveness. Some technical limitations are present in the scale, but it shows promise of being an appropriate model for a more refined instrument.Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) is a procedure by which a client views and reacts to an immediately preceding counseling session via the media of television videotape. The original counselor leaves the scene and the client interacts with a new individual referred to as an interrogator or recall worker. This individual stimulates the client to relate new and additional thoughts and feelings which are activated by viewing the videotape of the client's preceding counseling session.