Counselor Complexity Model

Question 1

Dependent on Supervisor

Answer 1

Counselor Level 1

Question 2

Dependency-Autonomy Conflict

Answer 2

Counselor Level 2

Question 3

Conditional Dependency

Answer 3

Counselor Level 3

Question 4

Master Counselor

Answer 4

Counselor Level 4

Question 5

Counselor Level 1

Optimal Environment

Answer 5

Encourage autonomy within normative structures. Supervisor uses instruction , interpretation, support, awareness training, and exemplification. Structure is needed.

Question 6

Counselor Level 2

Optimal Environment

Answer 6

Highly autonomous with low normative structure. Supervisor support, ambivalence clarification, exemplification and less instruction. Less structure is needed.

Question 7

Counselor Level 3

Optimal Environment

Answer 7

Autonomous with structure provided by the counselor. Supervisor treats counselor more as a peer with more sharing, mutual exemplification, and confrontation.

Question 8

Counselor Level 4

Optimal Environment

Answer 8

Counselor can function adequately in most environments. Supervision now becomes collegial if continued.

Question 9

Counselor Level 1

Counselor Characteristics

Answer 9

Imitative, neurosis bound, lacking self-awareness, categorical thinking in theory but limited in experience.

Question 10

Counselor Level 2

Counselor Characteristics

Answer 10

Increasing self-awareness, fluctuating motivation, striving for independence, becoming more assertive, and less imitative.

Question 11

Counselor Level 3

Counselor Characteristics

Answer 11

Personal counselor identity is developing with increased insight, more consistent motivation, increased empathy, and more differentiated interpersonal orientation.

Question 12

Counselor Level 4

Counselor Characteristics

Answer 12

Adequate self- and other awareness, insightful of own strengths and weaknesses, willfully interdependent with others, and has integrated standards of the profession with personal counselor identity.