As you enter the counseling profession, have you participated in self-assessment? What information did you gain from engaging in self-assessment? Perhaps your experience with assessment has been more...

As you enter the counseling profession, have you participated in self-assessment? What information did you gain from engaging in self-assessment? Perhaps your experience with assessment has been more than merely a self-assessment. Through counseling, problems and concerns can be investigated and examined. Many times clients do not recognize the frequency and intensity of their problems and cannot find solutions. Using assessment in counseling can help find a client’s strengths and weaknesses and provide solutions. A systematic approach using multiple sources helps the counselor and client enhance the therapeutic process.

1. Have you utilized assessment as a student to gain information about yourself?

2. What did you discover?