Crisis/Trauma Worker Interview

Select a community agency, crisis center, commitment facility or individual who works with clients in crisis or trauma cases. Next, reach out to set up an interview with one of their mental health professionals who is trained as a professional counselor.

When preparing for your interview, you should write a set of base questions that cover the areas of information you need to gain insights for this assignment. As the interview progresses, you can add new questions as they come up. Additionally, for the most part, your questions should not be ones that can be answered with a simple “yes” or “no” since these types of questions will not provide much insight. If possible, interview in person, via video call, or by phone so that you can ask follow-up questions in real time.

After the interview, you will write a 4-5 page reflective paper that will include the following:

• Include the initials of the individual you interviewed as well as the date of the interview
• How has this professional prepared for this specific area of counseling?
• What steps do they take to protect their emotional well-being when working with difficult cases?
• Have they ever worked as part of an interdisciplinary community outreach or response team? If so, what was that experience like?
• What community resources do they most often use to further support their clients and the strategies do they use to encourage clients to engage with those resources?
• What therapeutic strategy(s) or model(s) do they use most often and why?
• What advice do they have for a new counselor preparing to work in this area?
• Any additional insights you took away from the interview in relation to trauma and crisis counseling?

This paper should be 4-5 pages, double-spaced, and written in proper APA format. In addition to the minimum page count (i.e. 4 pages and 1 line minimum), you should also include a cover page and a reference page (if applicable) in APA format.

Please just make up a person, and say they wanted to stay anonymous.