Final Check Before You Share Sensitive Findings

Made for Clinical Psychologists

Final Check Before You Share Sensitive Findings

Also useful for: people in Healthcare

15 min Beginner Communication Communicate Better Difficult Conversation

Turn your draft feedback into a practical final-check checklist, with clear flags for anything that needs to be removed, softened, explained, or verified before the conversation.

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Use this when

Use this shortly before an assessment feedback meeting, diagnostic discussion, treatment review, or other conversation where findings may affect how someone understands personal experiences, abilities, risks, or identity.

You'll need

  • Conversation context
  • Draft feedback
  • Limits and uncertainty
  • Communication needs
  • Recommendations and questions

You'll get

  • Every item marked Revise or Stop and verify reviewed
  • A clear explanation of which conclusions are supported
  • A clear explanation of which limits must be stated
  • A clear explanation of what information is appropriate to share
  • A clear explanation of how the findings will be described in plain language
  • Questions prepared to check understanding

By the end of this playbook

You will have:

  • Every item marked Revise or Stop and verify reviewed
  • A clear explanation of which conclusions are supported
  • A clear explanation of which limits must be stated
  • A clear explanation of what information is appropriate to share
  • A clear explanation of how the findings will be described in plain language
  • Questions prepared to check understanding

Sample

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Sample input

Context: I am preparing feedback for an adult after an attention assessment. The client is worried that a diagnosis could define my identity. Draft: "The testing proves that you have always had poor attention and will struggle in demanding jobs." Limits: Childhood evidence is limited, current sleep is poor, and results varied across tasks. Communication needs: Use short explanations and avoid workplace assumptions. Next steps: Discuss sleep, organization supports, and follow-up questions.

Sample assembled prompt

Stop and verify: - "Proves" and...
- The prediction about demanding jobs...
Revise: - Replace the absolute statement...
Your current sleep and the limited...
Ready: - Explain that results varied...
- Discuss practical organization supports and...
Understanding questions: - What part of...
- What feels unclear or needs...
- Which next step would feel...

Part of a collection

Explain Findings Without Losing the Person

10 playbooks

You will build practical ways to explain assessment findings without overstating conclusions or reducing someone to a diagnosis. The playbooks help you prepare, use plain language, discuss limits, check understanding, respond to difficult emotions, and repair feedback when needed.

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