4. Practicing with training video-clips.

The objective of this module of the training workshop is to familiarize trainees with the behavioural indicators so that, when observing a session, they can easily remember where to locate a given indicator within the instrument and its corresponding dimension. The SOFTA training package includes 16 training video-clips (brief excerpts of no more than 3 minutes) illustrating several alliance behavioural indicators, both positive and negative, focusing on a single dimension at a time. Trainees will practice with about 8 of these video-clips during the workshop and then be asked to work with the rest of them at home. They should rate each video-clip and then compare their ratings with the "Solution" file (also available within e-SOFTA software program, which will be provided to trainees), paying close attention to the qualitative comments that explain the marking of individual behavioural indicators and the exact time of those markings.