To summarize, the literature on counsellor self-awareness suggests that awareness of personal processes, including unresolved conflicts, family of origin dynamics, cultural biases and worldview is important components in the provision of effective psychother- apy. Furthermore, the construct of self-insight summarized above should be differenti- ated from the momentary states of self-focus, which might distract counsellors from focusing on their clients. As such, we now provide a brief overview of the most salient aspects of training associated with self-awareness development and follow by introduc- ing the integrated model of self-awareness development (IMSAD) for counselling and psychotherapy students.