Abstract: A computer-implemented method of assigning a treatment protocol to a patient, comprising the steps of: obtaining a plurality of patient profile data points relating to the patient at an initial stage of a psychotherapy process; comparing each patient profile data point with the corresponding data point for each one of a plurality of reference profiles; selecting from the plurality of reference profiles the reference profile to which the patient profile data most closely fits, in order to obtain a prediction of the psychological condition of the patient; assigning a treatment protocol to the patient based on the prediction of the psychological condition of the patient; wherein the plurality of reference profiles are determined by modelling a reference dataset comprising patient profile data relating to each of a plurality of other patients.