Abstract
The comparative effects of two types of precounseling training in facilitating client‐counselor relationships and client self‐exploration of internally and externally oriented clients were investigated. Treatments included viewing a videotaped, simulated, initial counseling session depicting desirable client and counselor behavior and the reading of a document that matched the content of the videotape. Sixty college undergraduates, who presented themselves as first‐time counselees, were randomly assigned to one of the two treatments and classified as internally or externally oriented. Both internally and externally oriented clients who experienced videotaped precounseling training reported a significantly higher level of client‐counselor relationship than internally and externally oriented clients who experienced written precounseling training. No significant differences were found for level of self‐exploration according to either type of precounseling training or locus of control orientation.
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