I'm learning about FAP so please excuse me if this is an obvious question or I
am using the wrong terminology.

I understand that one of the one main prinicples of FAP is to respond to CRB2s
with "natural reinforcers" and for therapists to share their emotional and
cognitive responses with their client, promoting intimacy and connectedness.
This sounds as if it is universally applied without any assessment of stimulus
preference or identification of the most effective reinforcers for that client
- for example a male client may be more effectively reinforced by status/
money/ praise. Equally a therapist gushing over about how connected he or she
feels to the client might be interpreted by the client as contrived and
aversive?

So my question is - Is assessing the stimulus/ reinforcer for a client done
systematically? If so, do you just ask what is effective for them or just notice
the response you get as part of a functional analysis? Do you ever deviate from
natural reinforcers that promote connectedness and if so what was more
effective? (I am reminded by a suggestion by David Burns who said he had
considered paying people to do their homework.)
Thanks
David Veale