professional about. Additionally, professionals are encouraged to observe their internal incentives, acknowledge their countertransference, and control impulses when facilitating therapy (Cashwell and Young, 2011). An important concept to note when exercising self-exploration and self-awareness is countertransference. Countertransference is the emotional reaction experienced from the client’s shared information or contribution. For instance, the counselor and client are both Roman Catholic and the client asks the counselor if they can finish the session with a reading from the bible. The counselor reports when they read the bible, they experience positive emotions due to the current situation influencing them to remember their childhood when
