Highlights some critical issues concerning the psychosocial framework within which self-evaluation occurs. Describes how clinical counselors (N=45) made decisions about their capability to deliver counseling services. Findings from the questionnaire showed few counselors could describe the mental processes used to arrive at judgments about…

Discusses the types of communicated information used by counselors and suggests some improvements in self-evaluation based on the research results. Discusses the use of behavioral, verbal, cognitive, and written communication suggesting they are used differentially to assess input or treatment of outcome. (Author)

Studied how therapists (N=45) evaluate their performance in relation to burnout. Therapists responded to questionnaires, and 15 subjects were interviewed. Studied responses through content analysis. Results indicated a narrow perspective for self-evaluation focusing on activities within the employing agency and counselor-client relationships.…