ABSTRACT
Having established a general conceptual structure for interpretation, as well as examining the analytic attitude that supports interpretation, this chapter now turns more specifically to the interpretive process. This examination is broken down into phases: the preparation phase, the pre-interpretation phase, the development of focus, the incorporation of theory, the development of a hypothesis, the delivery of the interpretation, and the post-interpretive phase. Preparing for interpretation always begins with the analyst attending, listening, and experiencing. Various ways of analytic listening and presence are explored in the discussion. The use of conceptual templates to enhance interpretive clarity is discussed. The primary templates addressed include: the triangles of insight, consisting of the triangle of conflict, the triangle of relationship, and the symbolic triangle, and the four W’s of who, what, when, and why.
