Melissa Q. Wood
winding down

STARTED · NOVEMBER 2025 · ON REQUEST

A small intake-script side project.

— WHAT THIS IS

An exercise: rewrite a clinical intake form so its language tells the client what kind of relationship the work will be, not just what data the clinician needs.

Most intake forms read like DMV paperwork. The first contact with a clinician shouldn't feel like that.

Winding down because the exercise has done what it was supposed to do. The output will probably become a short blog post.

— RECENT UPDATES

Final pass on the rewritten intake. Cut another twelve questions. Better.

Discovered the original form had three different Likert scales on a single page. Standardized to one.

First rewrite. Still too clinical. The voice is wrong.

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