The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of microstrategies, i.e., organized patterns of sequential statements by therapists over a single session. The data consisted of the sequences of actual verbatim statements of prominent behavioral, clientcentered, and Gestalt therapists in eight sessions with six clients. Results indicated that each of the three therapists used an organized pattern of sequential statements, that each followed a distinctive microstrategy, that the same microstrategy tends to be used across different clients, and that predominantly the same microstrategy was used over a series of sessions with a single client. The concept of microstrategies is discussed as a useful investigative tool in psychotherapy process research.In describing the sequential process of what therapists do, the units are almost exclusively at the macro level, and typically refer to steps or phases over a series of sessions. These include macro units such as sequential aims and goals, phases or stages of psychotherapy, therapeutic programs and plans, therapeutic strategies, therapist