C-NIP
Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)
The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences is a brief self-report questionnaire designed to identify the patient's preferences regarding how psychotherapy or counseling should be conducted. It helps clarify the working style expected of the therapist on four clinically useful dimensions: therapist directiveness versus client directiveness, emotional intensity versus emotional reserve, past orientation versus present orientation, and warm support versus focused challenge. Its main value is to structure an early conversation about what suits the patient best, in order to tailor care, support the therapeutic alliance, and foster a truly person-centered approach.
- Number of questions
- 18 questions
- Estimated duration
- 5 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Mick Cooper, John C. Norcross (2015)
- Category
- General
Scoring & interpretation
Each item contrasts two preferences and is rated on a scale from 3 to 0 and then down to minus 3. A positive score indicates a preference for the first pole of the item, a negative score for the second, and 0 no clear preference. The 5 items of scales 1, 2, and 4 are summed, as are the 3 items of scale 3. Interpretation of cutoffs: scale 1, 8 to 15 indicates a strong preference for therapist directiveness, minus 3 to minus 15 for client directiveness, and minus 2 to 7 no strong preference; scale 2, 7 to 15 indicates a strong preference for emotional intensity, minus 15 to minus 1 for emotional reserve, and 0 to 6 no strong preference; scale 3, 3 to 9 indicates a strong preference for past orientation, minus 3 to minus 9 for present orientation, and minus 2 to 2 no strong preference; scale 4, 4 to 15 indicates a strong preference for warm support, minus 4 to minus 15 for focused challenge, and minus 3 to 3 no strong preference. The additional open-ended questions serve to enrich the clinical discussion and are not part of an overall total score.
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