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Wow, a dual relationship with oneself. Anyone teaching ethics will want to use this vignette.
I'd definitely try to assess whether the report has any useful information, whether you still require more valid testing, and whether this is an example of problems in this person's life. Is this sort of thing in line with other problems in the person's life? You said OCD but the length and quality of this report (as well as the task in itself) makes me think perfectionism or OCPD, and are those behaviors causing this person problems? All this is a shot in the dark at the moment,
Yes, but the more I do this (and interact with people in non-clinical settings, including myself!) the more I come to see the verbal behaivors (e.g., stating what needs to be) is not the hard part. It's the actual doing it part that is hard.One of the most fascinating parts of the report was treatment recommendations she made for herself. She specifically came up with very appropriate things for us to work on as well as books to read and an online support group to join. In many ways, she helped herself.
As an aside, I always appreciate your use of behavior analytic language! 😉Yes, but the more I do this (and interact with people in non-clinical settings, including myself!) the more I come to see the verbal behaivors (e.g., stating what needs to be) is not the hard part. It's the actual doing it part that is hard.
Does this person really believe that those test results are valid? It would be questionably valid (and most likely not valid at all) even for someone else to administer to and interpret results from someone who has training and experience in administering them, as they not only would know the answers, but also how to respond in specific ways to produce certain outcomes.