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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