Initial Interview
Would this examinee be a good candidate for a senior pastor at a large urban church?
Identifying Information Harry Pixma is a 33 year old married male, born March 17, 1980, who lives at 3222 Oak Lane, Atlanta, GA. His personal home phone number is 706-555-8529 and business phone is 770-555-2966. He is employed at the Chrome life Insurance company that he has worked at since graduating from college, East Georgia Polytechnic University, nine years ago. His emergency contact is his wife Sandra Pixma his wife of nine years and the contact number is 706-555-3194. The date of this interview is September 6, 2013.
Purpose of Counseling/Presenting Problem Harry has come to counseling with the concern about “anxiety at work”, which has been giving him trouble for some time. The issue of anxiety at work has been ongoing since he was hired by the company. Harry told me that when he was hired that his training went well, but as soon as he started to take on clients, that is when the anxiety at work began. Harry said that when the work phone rang at his desk he would become anxious and his hands would start to tremble and he would sometimes be so anxious that he would not answer the phone or schedule appointments with potential clients. Mr. Pixma has commented that he is afraid of what the clients might think of him and that his belief is rooted in the fear that he will not know what to say or he might be wrong in what he tells his clients. In further investigation it is revealed that Mr. Pixma has written up scripts on exactly on what to say when he calls a client and even when a client calls, but Mr. Pixma’s belief that this could help him how to handle clients, but ultimately did not help him because he was unsure of what he wrote down was wrong. In looking back at Mr. Pixma’s past he remembers that in college when he had to take tests and write papers