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Assessment methodology
Inner Critic Assessment
Inner Work construct focused on self-criticism and shame, threat sensitivity, avoidance and shutdown.
Instrument type
Scenario-based self-report using critic voice translation.
Evidence lens
Scenario inference
Diagnostic status
Reflective and educational. Not diagnostic, clinical, or a substitute for care.
Purpose
This can identify the role your critic may be trying to play.
Limitations
It cannot measure depression, self-harm risk, or clinical severity. Maps self-critical strategies. It does not measure clinical depression or self-harm risk.
What this gathers
critic tonefeared outcomeprotective function
Scholarly reference base
AERA, APA, and NCME (2014), Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.
Messick (1995), validity and interpretation in psychological assessment.
Neff (2003), self-compassion and self-judgment.
Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson (1999), acceptance and committed action.
Question 1 of 12
Question 1
When you make a mistake, the first inner response is usually: