Hello, my name is Dr. Todd Grande. Welcome to part two in my series on clinical interviewing. This is a role play exercise.
I'm here with Nell Kelly, a graduate assistant here at Wilmington University. She'll be role-playing the same character, Anne, in part two and all the parts of these videos. So I want to remind you that this is just for educational purposes, and your agency may have different requirements when it comes to what needs to be included in a clinical interview.
And remember, all clients are individuals, so you may need to add or subtract different elements to provide a... Ethical and appropriate clinical interview. So I'll turn it over now to introduce some of the elements you'll be seeing in part two. In this second section of the intake interview, Dr. Grande will be eliciting information about the client's childhood, relationship history, and spirituality.
Okay, so I'm going to ask you some questions about your developmental history. Okay. And some of these you might have already answered during the screening, but it's important that I capture them here as well.
Okay. What city and state were you born in? Wellington, Delaware. Wellington, Delaware. And how about what city and state were you raised in?
Wellington. Okay. Do you speak any other languages other than English?
Um, Spanish? Okay. Not fluently, but pretty well.
Pretty well? Can you tell me who raised you? One of my parents. Biological parents? My dad, yeah.
Okay. At any point during your childhood were you ever raised by anybody else temporarily? No. No, okay. My grandmother lived with us for a little while, but, middle school through high school, but...
Can you tell me briefly what your life was like growing up? Um, yeah, it was pretty normal childhood, I guess. Uh-huh. My mom was, she was kind of angry, an angry person.
But it was, you know, my two sisters and me and my parents. And, you know, we didn't want for anything. My parents loved us pretty much.
And, you know, we went to good schools. My mom, you know, my mom was pretty angry. Well, at least towards me.
Not so much toward you. My sisters, no. I mean, sometimes. My sisters and my dad. She was like angry in general.
But I guess I got the most of it. I kind of think. I don't know.
I was wondering if I was connected to my boss and the women at work. I don't know, that's kind of why I'm here. And it happened in the neighborhood too, the women. in the neighborhood after we moved to this new neighborhood and I'm really feeling like it's me and groups of women and it's their, I don't know, you're the expert, but you asked me what my childhood was like and like I can't complain, I wasn't like abused, I, you know. Like I said, I was hit sometimes, but that was the way, you know, I was hit more than my sisters, for sure, was the oldest.
My sisters were, I was the oldest. My middle sister was... I don't know, do you want this? Do I answer your question?
No, no, it's fine. Okay. This is just perfect. You know, my um... My middle sister was...
You know, she always got good grades. She... I did exactly what my parents wanted. She was the one, like, she'd wake up by herself several hours before school started and get herself all ready and make herself breakfast, you know.
She was just always a good girl. And, I mean, I wasn't a bad girl or anything, but. So the family dynamic you're speaking about, when did that change? Or has it changed?
Has it changed? I don't think so. But what age did you move out of your home?
College. So you'd be around 19? Yeah.
Okay. We talked about this a little bit earlier about how your experiences when you were young. How were you disciplined as a child?
Um, you know, yelling. My mom yelled a lot. Um, and, um, like I said, she didn't hold back from, you know.
or pulling my hair or something like that. When I was younger, when I got older, she didn't do it as much. Kind of push her away.
But it wasn't, you know, I don't know. Yeah, that was it. Or, you know, other than that... How was your father? You know, he was kind of quiet.
He didn't get involved in the discipline component? No, I mean, that was Mom. Alright. I want to move on now to relationship history. So I'm going to be switching gears a little bit again.
You mentioned that you're married. Yeah. Have you been married before? No.
What's your sexual orientation? Heterosexual. Heterosexual. At what age did you get married?
He gets concerned about me. You know, when I go through my sad periods or whatever. But no, it's basically a happy marriage. He's like, look, I'm lucky. Does he know that you're seeking counsel?
Yeah. Is he supportive of that? Yeah, it was kind of his idea.
Okay. At first, I thought he was right, and I wanted to try it again. At some point, and I don't know this yet, but at some point, if appropriate... Would he be willing to come in for a session with you?
Definitely. Would you be okay with that? Yeah, sure. Does your spouse have any trouble with any of the following? Okay.
Substances, gambling, mental health, medical? No. Nothing?
No. And how long have you been married? 15 years. Can you tell me about any previous relationships you might have before marriage, like a boyfriend or something?
Um, yeah. I had a pretty serious boyfriend in graduate school. Then in college, you know, I dated a couple guys.
And in high school, I had one boyfriend through high school. But we broke up. And we both went off to college.
So I'm going to switch now to parental history. Do you have any children? Yeah.
Okay. Son and a daughter. Okay, son and daughter. How old is your son? He's 12. And your daughter?
Yeah. And where do they live? Like with you? With my husband and me.
How often do you see them? Every day. Every day.
Are there any substance use, mental health, or medical concerns regarding your children? No. Have you ever been involved with child protective services? No.
And I think you mentioned earlier you've never had traumatic loss. You haven't lost a child? No. Can you describe your relationship with your children to me? Um, yeah.
It's a good relationship. Can you tell me more? Um...
Well, I try, I mean, I said when I had kids I was not going to be like my mom. So I don't yell, and I don't let my husband yell at them. So, you know, my relationship with my kids is hugely important to me. And, you know, we spend a lot of time as a family.
We had vacation together, we had family game nights, I helped them with their homework. You know, little toddler years were tough. They were, you know, that was challenging for us, but we got through that. Did they do well in school?
Yeah, yeah, honor roll. Great. You mentioned you have a daughter.
And I know you talked earlier about your relationship with your mother. Do you see any of that, what happened there, playing out between you and your daughter? Um, not really, because... I try so hard.
I mean, I get mad sometimes. I can feel myself flare up. But, I don't know. I don't think so.
You don't think so? Okay. Anything else about your children you want to tell me?
Well, a couple years ago when I was kind of in one of these... Periods. My son's teacher, he was in second grade at the time, and she said she was concerned about him, that he was kind of hanging out away from the other kids. She thought he might be depressed, is what she said.
So we took him to see somebody a couple times, but he was okay. He's okay now? He's okay now, yeah. It had you worried a bit, though? Yeah.
The situation? Yeah. I'm going to switch gears again.
Are you still comfortable moving forward? Yeah. This concludes part two of my video series on clinical interviewing. As always, I hope that you found my video useful.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. I'll be happy to assist you. At your convenience, I would encourage you to now move on to part three to watch the conclusion of the video series. Thanks.