A meta-method is a part of a meta-study that focuses on the methodological quality of primary studies and examines how specific approaches used in these studies might have impacted their findings.The aim of the meta-method is to uncover the underlying assumptions that lead researchers to adopt particular methodological approaches and to understand their role in shaping the whole area of research. This paper presents a meta-method analysis of a substantial body of qualitative research comprising 177 studies focused on client-identified outcomes of psychotherapy. The aspects of primary studies that are being appraised are: theoretical framework, research aims and objectives, researchers and setting, sampling procedures, data collection and data analysis techniques, reliability and validity checks, inclusion of original data to mediate between evidence and interpretation.