General
- Where and when does your client feel uncertain and afraid?
- Where and when does your client feel trapped or stuck in some way?
- Where and when does your client feel insignificant or like a failure?
- Where and when does your client feel unloved, alone, or rejected?
- Is your client an optimist or pessimist?
- Is your client an introvert or extrovert?
- Does your client get what he/she wants, or wait for it to come to them?
- Does your client make plans, or rely on serendipity?
- How does your client present himself in the world? Hostile? Pleasant? Easy going?
Basic information
- How old is your client?
- What gender is your client?
- Where does your client live?
- Does your client rent or own his/her dwelling?
- Does your client have cars? Boats? Jet-skis? A private plane?
- How is your client’s home furnished?
- What’s it like in the backyard or on the balcony?
- Is your client married or single?
- Does your client have children? If so, how old?
Homelife
- What does your client do for entertainment? TV? Movies? Go out? Read? Eat out frequently?
- Do they enjoy the things in their home and their vehicles/toys?
- Is it an easy or hard life?
- What conflicts or problems or stresses does your client deal with regularly?
Interests
- What is your client interested in?
- What is your client passionate about?
- What does your client enjoy doing around the house?
- Are there things that get him/her excited about being at home?
- Are things that your client hates about being at home?
- Does your client like to go away from home?
- Does he/she like being on vacation?
- What do they do on vacation?
- What kind of entertainment does your client like?
- Does your client enjoy sports? If so, what kind? Do they participate in a team?
Relationships
- Who are the significant people in your client’s life? Spouse? Children? Parents? Close friends or enemies? How do they get along with all these people?
- Who plays a role in making big decisions in the life of your client?
- Are there siblings involved?
- Are there neighbors involved?
- Do church members or other friends play a role?
- Are all of these people and relationships sources of comfort, or stress?
- Do these people create issues – either positive or negative – in your client’s life?
- Do these people’s opinions matter to your client?
Money
- What is your client’s money situation?
- Where does the money come from?
- How much money is there?
- What’s the relationship with money?
- Is there enough money?
- Is there too much money?
Work-life
- What’s working for them about their current employment?
- What isn’t working for them?
- What is stressful about your client’s job?
- What is joyful about your client’s job?
- What are the work relationships like?
- What is the relationship like with the boss?
- What is the relationship like with employees, co-workers, or team members?
- Who are the colleagues?
- Who makes your client’s life better at work?
- Who makes your client’s life worse at work?
- What are the relationships like with customers, suppliers, and vendors?
Goals and Obstacles
- Who are your client’s heroes?
- Who are your client’s villains?
- Who is your client’s opposite friend? The person your client doesn’t want to end up like?
- What is hurting your client right now?
- What is weighing on your client? Emotionally? Physically? Spiritually?
- What are your client’s friends saying to them about the obstacle?
- What is your client’s family saying to them about the obstacle?
- Have they talked to any other people about the obstacle? Are they getting any input? Is it helpful or harmful? Is it creating more stress, or making things better?
- Is your client embarrassed about the obstacle? If so, what are they embarrassed about?
- What is your client nervous about?
- What is your client afraid might happen that he/she hasn’t said to anyone yet?
- What is your client hoping for? What is the change they want to see happen?
- Does your client have a money problem?
- Does your client gamble?
- Is your client addicted to anything? Drugs, alcohol, social media?
- What is your client hiding?
- What doesn’t your client want other people to know?
- What’s your client’s highest aspiration?