Procedures and protocol of LIBET therapy – part one: ABC LIBET, laddering and disputing procedures
Sandra Sassaroli, Gabriele Caselli, Carolina Redaelli, Giovanni Ruggiero
This article describes the procedures of Life themes and plans, Implications of biased Beliefs: Elicitation
and Treatment (LIBET) therapy. LIBET integrates procedures of rational disputation, constructivist
reframing and developmental interventions. The assessment procedures are primarily Kellian laddering
and assessment of personal life history. Laddering aims to assess self-beliefs and emotional states –
called life theme- prominently underlying clients’ emotional disorder, while personal life history aims
to assess the relational situations in which the life theme was learned. The assessment also examines
the construction of early dysfunctional plans aimed at managing the life theme, which then result in
symptoms. Therapeutic change interventions integrate rational disputation and constructivist reframing.
Keywords
Cognitive behavioural therapy, Clinical conceptualisation, Emotional disorder, Dysfunctional plan, Life theme.
