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DTF Cognitive Assessment & Coaching
A structured interview with a trained DTF analyst that maps a person's current patterns of dialectical thinking — which thought forms (structure, process, relation, transformation) they use fluently and which are absent — followed by coaching with mind-opening exercises targeted at the gaps. The developmental deep end of the DTF family.
- Assessment results describe current thinking patterns, not worth — feedback framing matters, as with any developmental instrument
Practical
- Time
- 60-90 min + 60 landing
- Group
- 1–1 · individual
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Trained DTF interviewer/analyst
- Mechanisms
- feedback-mirroring, cognitive-reframing
- Change scope
- state · one-off
Instructions
- Where
- interdevelopmentals.org
- Availability
- Paid — the instructions are sold at the link
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Otto Laske (Interdevelopmental Institute), building on Michael Basseches — Dialectical thought form framework; constructive developmental assessment
In this directory via IDG Phase 2 Research Report & Toolkit (2022)
Holding 4 because interpretation requires certified DTF training — the specialist end of the holding scale outside clinical work: lineage-specific assessment competence.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25