4.1 The Client Interview (the First Meeting's Craft)

1. The preparation (the file's-pre-read (the documents'-request (the venue's-and-the-time's- setting)));2. The opening (the introduction (the role's-explanation (the confidentiality's-assurance (the trust's-foundation))));3. The listening (the narrative's-allowance (the interruption's-discipline (the empathy-and-the- patience (the client's-own-story-first)))));4. The questioning (the open-then-the-closed (the funnel (the chronology's-building (the gap's- and-the-inconsistency's-probing (the sensitive's-gentle (the GBV-and-the-trauma's-LAW5607- U5.9-discipline)))));5. The facts'-verification (the documents'-review (the timeline's-construction (the diagram's- and-the-summary's-feedback ("what I heard was..." (the error's-correction-moment)))));6. The closing (the next-steps'-explanation (the realistic-expectations (the fee's-and-the- timeline's-honesty (the follow-up's-arrangement)))); the ethics (the competence (the confidentiality (the conflict's-check (the no-guarantee's-rule (the dignity's-throughout)))).