Using consensual qualitative research, the authors explored the factors that contribute to counselors’ experiences of interpersonal stress and how counselors respond to interpersonal stressors within therapeutic settings. Thirteen professional counselors representing a variety of counseling contexts and settings participated in semistructured interviews. Through consensus building, the authors identified 4 domains within the data: client characteristics, relationship dynamics, counselor response, and personal vs. professional self. The findings suggest that client characteristics and relationship dynamics are catalysts to counselor interpersonal stress responses, which shape their conscious awareness of the experience. Implications for clinical practice, clinical supervision, and counselor wellness are discussed.

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To advance the counseling profession, researchers must look to contemporary research designs that provide more thorough, consistent, or reliable results. In this article, we describe four unique quantitative methods: single‐case research design, dyadic data analysis, profile analysis, and nonlinear analysis. We detail the utility, application, and recommendations for use associated with each approach, including advances in the methods reviewed for future consideration in counseling research.