Undergraduate students evaluated "a typical person,""a typical person seeking counseling,""a client seeking counseling," or "a patient seeking counseling." Students evaluated a typical person more positively than the other target groups. Counselors may need to educate the public to offset the negative stereotypes surrounding counseling. (Author)

Students evaluated "a typical person,""a patient seeking counseling," or "a client seeking counseling.""A typical person" was evaluated positively and "patient seeking counseling" was evaluated negatively, regardless of whether the students had previously sought counseling. Students who had sought counseling evaluated "a client seeking counseling"…