Professional Interview and Response
Interview two helping service professionals from two different settings, such as a school, hospital, or prison. Ensure that at least one of the interviewees is a clinical psychologist.
Provide the name and work environment of the two professionals you interviewed.
Ask the following questions to each of your interviewees:
- In what setting do you practice? How long have you been practicing?
- What are your specialties or areas of clinical focus?
- What are the most common disorders you treat?
- Do you have any special certifications or training beyond your original graduate coursework?
- How do you approach therapy or treatment? Do you use specific modalities, techniques, or interventions?
- What ethical and legal issues do you think are the most challenging or common?
- Do you have an opinion on where you think the field of psychology is heading?
- What do you enjoy most about your work?
- What advice would you provide an aspiring psychologist or therapist?
Discuss, in a 350- to 700-word response, the similarities and differences of how these professionals approach treatment in their settings.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
RUBIC/DIRECTIONS
Professional Interview and Response Guidelines
The following guidelines must be followed when completing the Professional Interview and Response assignment due in Week Four.
Accepted modes of interview:
- In person
- Telephone
- Other Internet medium
Possible methods of interviewee selection:
- Word of mouth
- Personal association
- Internet search
- Print media or other advertisement
Accepted interviewee criteria:
- One of the interviewees must be a licensed clinical psychologist who has been active in his or her practice longer than 5 years.
- The second interviewee may be licensed or license-eligible in a profession that provides mental health services. This interviewee must not be a student in a graduate program. The following is a list of potential interviewees:
o Drug and alcohol counselors
o Clinical social workers
o Licensed professional counselors
o Marriage and family therapists
o Psychiatrists
o Psychiatric nurse
o Psychological assistant
Things to communicate to the interviewee:
- You are enrolled in a University of Phoenix degree program.
- The purpose of the interview is for an assignment.
- Information will only be used for academic purposes.
- Confidentiality is not guaranteed—the results of the interview will be posted and housed on a University of Phoenix database.
- The interview will take approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Other considerations:
- The student is not expected to pay for the interviewee’s time. If a potential interviewee asks for compensation, the student has the option to select another candidate.
- The student does not have to disclose personal information to the interviewee. The purpose of this contact is limited to the assignment.
