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Conscious awareness is helpful but is only effective in a strong, stable, and safe therapeutic relationship. For many clients diagnosed with a serious mental illness, symptoms and concerns need to be addressed early and proactively, and counselors need to be acutely aware of their own feelings during these interactions. Seligman and Reichenberg (2014) noted that countertransference may be useful in understanding these clients, as reactions may enhance understanding of reinforcing social interactions beyond the session. Countertransference reactions should be examined using psychodynamic techniques in a supportive, empathic manner. The counselor is responsible for modeling a healthy ego, and the relationship with the counselor is internalized by the client representing healthy relational interaction (see Sidebar 3.1).