title: FRAMES: The Method in Action and the Assessment of Its Reliability.
abstract: This article reintroduces an alternative method of thematic structure and content analysis called FRAMES (Fundamental, Repetitive, and Maladaptive Emotion Structures). Although this measure has been generally received as clinically sensitive and compelling, it has not been widely used by psychotherapy researchers, presumably because of methodological concerns and logistical complexity. First, we present a brief overview of FRAMES for the unfamiliar reader, including the methodological refinements that have been made. This new method for finding FRAMES is demonstrated for the first time with segments of verbatim psychotherapy transcripts. A set of methods for assessing the interrater reliability of this method is then introduced. The results of the first study of the reliability of FRAMES in a psychotherapy case are then presented. This study is a precursor to future articles that present the results of the first longitudinal study of FRAMES in this same case.
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sammons
authors.forename: Hartvig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dahl