Appendix A: Self-Reflection on Interview Assessment Through out this interview process I have learned to come prepared, be a S.N. as well as a real person and listen before you diagnose. It is important to come prepared by looking at the patient’s history or in this case their disease as well as the symptoms that are associated with the disease. I looked into the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder prior to the interview to provide the proper therapeutic communication. If I would not have come prepared, I may have touched the patient to provide comfort when it would have actually caused the patient more anxiety and distress. It is also important to be a S.N. as well as a real person. Prior to the interview, I wrote down the questions
