“You need to get some basic data and you need to get it accurately. One option is to inform the client that recording information accurately is the purpose of your note-taking and ask her if she feels comfortable with your doing that. Most clients will say “yes”; however, if one doesn’t you will simply be confronted with the need to cultivate an essential habit: that is, making some notes after every interview. The word some is emphasized because you will not always have time to write down everything. If you make it a practice to note five or six key phrases or observations, you will probably be able to reconstruct much of what happened.”