“…Thus, current theorizing of interview research rejects the notion that interviews are neutral interactions where participants transfer knowledge to researchers (Brinkmann, 2007; Gubrium et al, 2012; Holstein & Gubrium, 1995). Instead, there is growing recognition that the interviewer influences the participants’ sensemaking process (Cunliffe, 2002), create self-reflection opportunities in which new understandings are made possible (Way et al, 2015), may have therapeutic effects (Nelson et al, 2013; Rossetto, 2014), and encourage reflexivity (Cassell et al, 2020). Thus, through their ability to foster reflection, interviews can be interventional and support participants’ development of new understandings.…”