Responds to earlier article by Sexton and Whiston (1994) on counseling relationship. Contends that Sexton and Whiston defined counseling relationship too broadly. Disagrees with Sexton and Whiston's inclusion of interpersonal interaction into domain of counseling relationship and with their characterization of real relationship as being composed of therapist facilitative conditions, therapist interpersonal activities, and interactions between therapist and client. (NB)