A screening tool that gives you session one back.
FOLA isn't a replacement for the work you do. It's the intake layer underneath it — a clinical screening instrument your clients complete before they ever sit across from you, so the first session starts with data instead of discovery.
How practices use FOLA
Pre-intake triage
Send a client the assessment before their first session. They arrive with a scored profile across 8–10 clinical dimensions instead of a blank intake form.
Referral pathway
For couples who reach out but aren't ready to commit to therapy — FOLA gives them a low-stakes first step, and gives you a warmer, better-informed referral when they are ready.
Between-session re-measurement
Have a client retake the assessment at a natural checkpoint to get an objective read on movement, alongside your own clinical judgment.
A second data point, not a diagnosis
The report is explicitly framed as a screening instrument, not a clinical diagnosis — it's built to sit alongside your assessment, never to replace it.
Built on the frameworks you already use
Every dimension FOLA scores maps to a named, peer-reviewed clinical framework — nothing proprietary or unexplainable hiding underneath the report.
Attachment Theory (Bowlby & Ainsworth)
Attachment style is scored directly and weighted across every other domain.
The Gottman Method
Gottman's research on relationship success/failure predictors informs our clinical risk flags.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT — Sue Johnson)
The lens behind our critical fracture point and conflict-cycle analysis.
ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research
Underpins the trauma inventory domain.
Full citations are included in every clinical report generated on the platform.
On data protection
We know you can't ethically refer a client to a platform without visible, verifiable data protection policies. FOLA does not store assessment answers or reports on our servers — results exist only in the client's own browser session and, if they choose, their inbox.
Read our full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service — POPIA-aligned, and written to be read, not skimmed past.
What FOLA is not
FOLA is not a replacement for therapy, and we say that explicitly to every client who uses it. We're not trying to compete with the room you sit in with your clients — we're trying to make what happens before they get there more useful to both of you.
Let's talk about your practice.
Whether you want to send clients an assessment before intake, explore a referral pathway, or just have questions about the clinical methodology — we'd like to hear from you.
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