Method of Levels Therapy

Method of Levels (MOL) is a psychological therapy based on perceptual control theory. MOL involves the therapist asking curious questions to help the client talk freely and openly about a problem to explore their own solutions. MOL helps a client to shift and sustain attention on the source of conflict between important life goals. MOL has unique features that make it particularly flexible, accessible and efficient. It is transdiagnostic and can be applied unchanged across a range of presenting problems and psychiatric diagnoses. Clients are in control of MOL. They can schedule appointments to suit them or their institution (e.g. schools, wards, prisons), they can choose their own problem to focus on for each session, and they can continue the intervention until they perceive that they no longer need it. We explain the theory and practice of MOL, its history, and its current empirical status.