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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 Feb 7;68(7):1238–1246. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.009
PT: She gave me space, she didn’t interrupt me, she left me so that I could explore, [she did] not stop me… until she had a question, then she asked it… CN: I made the decision to let her go. Let her more or less guide the interview towards what was important to her, afterwards I returned and filled in what was missing, or we returned to elaborate themes
PT: I felt listened to, on the contrary, I felt comfortable if you understand me, because I cried until I couldn’t [any more] because I can never talk about my past without crying…
CN: She was crying, and before, the more she talked the more she cried. She also said that she could do this finally in Spanish…and here [at a clinic serving Latinos] [chuckles] Ay how beautiful!”