Ten counselors were interviewed concerning their fears encountered in their therapeutic work. Participants were also asked what they had found to be helpful when attempting to deal with these fears. Fears reported are categorized into fears of losing control, fears of being separated from a group by way of disapproval or rejection, and fears of…

Despite its widely acknowledged importance to effective therapeutic practice across theoretical orientations, it has been suggested that counsellor "personal development" remains a poorly defined area of training, and that the concept is itself endowed with numerous implicit meanings. In an attempt to move towards a more explicit and…