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Professional Interview and Response Guidelines

The following guidelines must be followed when completing the Professional Interview and Response assignment.

Accepted modes of interview:

· In person

· E-mail

· 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:

· Drug and alcohol counselors

· Clinical social workers

· Licensed professional counselors

· Marriage and family therapists

· Psychiatrists

· Psychiatric nurse

· 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.

· Any continued relationship outside the scope of this assignment is at the discretion of the student and not connected to University of Phoenix.