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The counseling interview - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Initial Comments and Reactions
      - Do not second-guess the interviewee’s reason for making an appointment or dropping
      - Are you still fighting with your roommate?
      - I assume you want another day off.
      - I suppose this is about money.
      - I know why you’re here.
      - A person may not have initiated this interview for any of these reasons but feel threat-
      - ened or angry by your comment and attitude. Your interruption may ruin an opening
      - the interviewee has prepared that would have revealed why the interviewee has turned
      - to you for help.
      - Avoid tactless and leading reactions common in interactions with family members,
      - children, friends, and associates. All of us have been on the receiving end of such state-
      - ments as: