A pretest‐posttest control group design was used to test the value of employing four psychotherapeutic interaction scales for self‐evaluation. The counselor‐offered conditions of empathy, non‐possessive warmth, genuineness, and intensity of interpersonal contact were self‐evaluated by 44 counselors following their counseling interviews. These evaluations were compared with supervisors' evaluations of the tape recorded sessions. Findings showed that (a) the gain in offered therapeutic conditions was significant on all scales for the experimental group but on only two scales for the control group; (b) the amount of gain for the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group on only one scale (Empathy); (c) counselor/supervisor evaluations showed highly significant concurrent validity; and (d) basic counselor personality orientations such as self‐concept strength and defensiveness generally showed no correlation with accuracy of self‐evaluation