“…Instead of asking, “What does such a response mean, generally?” the constructivist assessor is likely to ask, “What does such a response mean to this particular client ?” In asking the latter question, a shift is made from a nomothetic to an idiographic model (Aronow et al, 1995); each client's personal knowledge scheme (i.e., construct system) is assessed. Dispositional assessment (Faidley & Leitner, 1993; Leitner & Faidley, 1995; Leitner, Faidley, & Celentana, 2000), transitive diagnosis (Johnson, Pfenninger, & Klion, 2000), and narrative approaches to psychology and psychotherapy (Eron & Lund, 1996; Gonçalves, Korman, & Angus, 2000; White & Epston, 1990) exemplify these more idiographic approaches.…”