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This present study employed measures of EA, detection of negative affect, and demographic variables to investigate the effects of counselors-in-training (CIT) EA on the ability to detect client negative affect, including the avoidance of negative affect, as depicted in a video clip of a counseling session. The Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences system was used to rate CITs' written responses to the client portrayed in the video clip in order to examine the effect of EA on CITs' decisions to explicitly refer to client overt and covert expressions of negative affect and decisions to provide space for client exploration of negative affect. Analyses showed that CITs' level of EA did not affect their ability to detect client negative affect, detect the avoidance of negative affect, explicitly refer to negative affect, or to provide space for the exploration of negative affect. A significant relationship was found between EA and educational training, suggesting graduate counseling related programs reduce experiential avoidance. A preliminary analyses showed that data collection procedures (online vs in-class) affected CITs' scores and further investigation is recommended to determine the effects of online survey methods.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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This present study employed measures of EA, detection of negative affect, and demographic variables to investigate the effects of counselors-in-training (CIT) EA on the ability to detect client negative affect, including the avoidance of negative affect, as depicted in a video clip of a counseling session. The Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences system was used to rate CITs' written responses to the client portrayed in the video clip in order to examine the effect of EA on CITs' decisions to explicitly refer to client overt and covert expressions of negative affect and decisions to provide space for client exploration of negative affect. Analyses showed that CITs' level of EA did not affect their ability to detect client negative affect, detect the avoidance of negative affect, explicitly refer to negative affect, or to provide space for the exploration of negative affect. A significant relationship was found between EA and educational training, suggesting graduate counseling related programs reduce experiential avoidance. A preliminary analyses showed that data collection procedures (online vs in-class) affected CITs' scores and further investigation is recommended to determine the effects of online survey methods.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.**"],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/10477/86467"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["State University of New York at Buffalo"],"dc:rights":["Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. 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