Questionnaire For Free Report Interviews

Counseling Wise – How To Write A Free Report – Questionnaire

Before beginning the interview, your client needs to have completed the Dig Deep Exercise and decided on the specific topic/working title for the report. You should have also determined whether the report will consist of tips/steps or if it will be an assessment. Use the following questions to flesh out the content you’ll need to write the report.

  1. What is your potential client’s problem/pain related to this issue? What concerns do they have? What are they worrying about?
  2. How common is this problem?  How is it possible to feel better? Are there actions they can take to alleviate their pain? Have others learned ways to feel better?
  3. What are three objections/concerns/questions a client might express about their perceived ability or inability to feel better? How would you address each if you were speaking directly to a potential client?
  4. Go through each individual tip, step or assessment question. Create a subtitle for each tip/step/question. For each step/tip/question, ask your client to walk you through relevant information. If it’s a tip or step, ask how it can help, when it should be done, how long someone should try it for… If it’s an assessment question, ask the therapist what a yes or a no to a question means. Ask about how someone could improve their situation if the question applies to them.
  5. How can someone apply these tips/steps to their life? OR, how can someone use this assessment to determine if a problem exists?
  6. What would you say to a client to provide them with hope about their problem?
  7. How could counseling with you help them gain more clarity/relief/improvement concerning the problem cited in the report? How could counseling with you help them with other, related issues? Why/how is therapy – particularly your practice – effective at treating this issue?
  8. What success have you had in the past treating clients with similar problems? Please give 1-3 specific examples.
  9. Ask that the therapist send you a brief bio to include at the end.

The above questions should/can be used as a guideline. You may need to tweak, add or omit questions to collect information relevant to the specific topic of the report.