The Choice Awareness system is based on the definition of choice as any behavior over which individuals can exercise some degree of control. A primary goal of consultation is to enable individuals to encounter their difficulties effectively; in Choice Awareness terms, this is a process of making effective choices. Among Choice Awareness concepts are a two‐way division into an OK to OD (overdone) continuum of choices, and the CREST choices: caring, ruling, enjoying, sorrowing, and thinking/working. In this article the concepts of Choice Awareness are summarized and Choice Awareness is discussed in general terms as a consultation process. Finally, Choice Awareness is considered as a collaborative consultation process through step‐by‐step comparison to the model of consultation presented by Kurpius (