TPC-Journal-V2-Issue3

The Professional Counselor \Volume 2, Issue 3 224 Appendix A: Counselor-in-Training Interview Protocol 1. Can you describe the relationship you have with your client? 2. Do you feel counseling has been effective with this client? In what ways? 3. Are you planning to continue past three sessions? Now I’d like you to think specifically about today’s session . . . 4. Was today’s session similar to session one? How so? 5. Can you tell me about today’s session? 6. How do you feel about today’s session? When you think about today’s session, I want you to think about what was meaningful to you . . . 7. What stood out for you in today’s session? Which of those things stood out the most for you? 8. What things seemed most important to you? What of those seemed most important? 9. What things felt most meaningful to you in today’s session? Which of those things felt the most meaningful? 10. What do you imagine your client might say was most meaningful in today’s session? 11. Is there anything that you wish would have come up in today’s session that didn’t? 12. Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about today’s session? 13. What is your theoretical orientation?