ABSTRACT
Professional counselors have responsibilities beyond the immediate needs of the counseling relationship. For example, counselors in schools and agency settings often take roles in counseling-related assessment. Psychotherapists skills for therapeutic relationship should infuse all they do, including assessment tasks. This chapter offers examples of how the paradigm of the core conditions can guide psychotherapists through the complexities of multifaceted relationships with clients. It provides examples of the roles in and benefits of therapeutic relationship skills in assessment, career counseling, group work, consultation, family services, across technology, and beyond. A depression and anxiety screening table was set up in the corner of a large wellness fair geared for high-school-aged students. Often in clinical mental health settings and sometimes in schools, counselors need to assess for, discern, and provide a DSM diagnosis.
